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pince-nez

NOUN
  1. spectacles clipped to the nose by a spring

How To Use pince-nez In A Sentence

  • He wore pince-nez spectacles, a round-ended stiff collar, and a moustache.
  • Kipling had hoped that pince-nez would get him through, but only the imperial poet's influence got his son a commission.
  • Most designers featured in the exhibition have chosen to play with the image of their master himself, with his long trunk and short legs, the characteristic derby hat and pince-nez glasses.
  • Small, thin, birdlike, she wore a pair of pince-nez on her beaky nose. GOODBYE CURATE
  • It's the brunette with the pince-nez from earlier on.
  • She wore side-spring boots -- "prunella," I believe, used to be the trade name -- mittens, and pince-nez. Three Men on the Bummel
  • He drew breath, then looked up, peering over his pince-nez. SCANDAL'S BRIDE
  • He had a neatly trimmed white beard and used a pince-nez for reading.
  • Then Gletkin would clear his voice and shove his cuffs into place; and Rubashov would rub his pince-nez on his sleeve and nod bewilderedly and drowsily; for he had identified the tempter with that dumb partner whom he had believed already forgotten, and who had no business in this room, of all places: the grammatical fiction ... Autumn
  • On the dead face the handsome pair of gold pince-nez mocked death with grotesque elegance; the fine gold chain curved over the naked breast. Whose Body?
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