hand glass
Americannoun
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a magnifying glass with a handle
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a small mirror with a handle
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a small glazed frame for seedlings or plants
Etymology
Origin of hand glass
First recorded in 1780–90
Example Sentences
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I gave her the bowl of powder, the rouge compact, and the lipstick, and she put away the cards and took up the hand glass from the table by her side.
From "Rebecca" by Daphne du Maurier
In the ditty box are kept such articles as toothbrush, brush and comb, small hand glass, writing material, and odds and ends.
From A Gunner Aboard the "Yankee" by Russell Doubleday
Mrs. Verne picked up the ivory-backed hand glass within her reach, and looking into its depths, exclaimed, "Mrs. Verne, of St. John, New Brunswick—not exactly beautiful, but a pretty and fascinating woman."
From Marguerite Verne by Rebecca Agatha Armour
They are iron if one touch them with a faltering hand, glass if you brush them with a strong arm.
From The Legend of Ulenspiegel, Volume I (of 2) And Lamme Goedzak, and their Adventures Heroical, Joyous and Glorious in the Land of Flanders and Elsewhere by Charles Th?odore Henri de Coster
Pancha took up a hand glass and turning her back to him studied her profile in the mirror.
From Treasure and Trouble Therewith A Tale of California by Geraldine Bonner
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