nose glasses

American  

plural noun

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

---

Etymology

Origin of nose glasses

First recorded in 1885–90

Example Sentences

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

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

From Time Magazine Archive

On the man's head he has drawn nose glasses, bunny ears and a hat with an arrow through it.

From Time Magazine Archive

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

From Time Magazine Archive

Really," said Lady Mary, taking a seat beside him and giving him a sort of military inspection through her nose glasses, "really, I had begun to fear that I had lost you altogether.

From The Troll Garden and Selected Stories by Cather, Willa Sibert