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pince-nez

[ pans-ney, pins-; French pans-ney ]

noun

, plural pince-nez [pans, -neyz, pins, -, pa, n, s-, ney].
  1. a pair of glasses held on the face by a spring that grips the nose.


pince-nez

/ pɛ̃sne; ˈpænsˌneɪ; ˈpɪns- /

noun

  1. eyeglasses that are held in place only by means of a clip over the bridge of the nose
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of pince-nez1

1875–80; < French: literally, (it) pinches (the) nose
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Word History and Origins

Origin of pince-nez1

C19: French, literally: pinch-nose
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Example Sentences

The bushy-haired Russian Jew in the pince-nez was an ardent revolutionary but also a genuine democrat, or so the legend goes.

Walter Fetherston glanced at the general through his pince-nez with a curious expression, but he did not join in the conversation.

John Maltwood, the quiet, youngish-looking man in the gold pince-nez, was popular everywhere over the country-side.

Every action of the doctor had been noted, and information of it conveyed to the quiet-mannered man in pince-nez.

Old Van's possible confidant, instead of immediately answering, again assumed the pince-nez.

Good fellows on the whole, with their gladstone bags and their pince-nez and their unmistakable respectability.

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