nose glasses

American  

plural noun

1. eyeglasses held in place by a spring that clamps them to the bridge of the nose; pince-nez.

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Etymology

Origin of nose glasses

First recorded in 1885–90

Example Sentences

Pale and unsmiling, he signed; "Judge" Hull, scowling, affixed his nose glasses and signed after him.

From Time Magazine Archive

"He wore nose glasses," she recalls, "and looked more like a professor than he does now."

From Time Magazine Archive

By the end of the act I was wearing the hat with the arrow, the balloon animals, the nose glasses and the bunny ears.

From Time Magazine Archive

Mrs. Shaw beamed through nose glasses, brushed her hair straight back, dressed in a modified Edwardian style, wore and advocated short skirts.

From Time Magazine Archive

"How do," nodded Silence, as he adjusted his nose glasses and surveyed Frank from head to foot.

From Frank Merriwell's Son A Chip Off the Old Block by Standish, Burt L.