lorgnette

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She used it like a lorgnette, and felt her familiarity with it a differentiating mark.

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  • Evgeniy's wife tapped the tip of her fan against the bridge of her lorgnette, the latter a trifle he had bought her—unnecessary since their regular stall was on the third row, but she was always pleased by such precious accessories. —  EQMM,June2007
  • She gestured with her lorgnette, north and east over Riverside. —  F ;SF; - vol 092 issue 03 - March 1997
  • A lorgnette was clutched in one of her gloved hands. —  SlightlyDangerous
  • But she brightened noticeably at sight of just the one person, lifted both her chin and her lorgnette, and swept across the room with Christine in tow in a manner that would have had Eleanor in stitches of mirth if she could just have witnessed it. —  SlightlyDangerous
  • Behind the lorgnette was a large and frowning dowager, who followed up the glare with a loud "Shhh!" —  Mary Balogh - An Unacceptable Offer
 

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Etymologies (2)

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  1. French, from lorgner, to peer at, from Old French, from lorgne, squinting, of Germanic origin.

Toggle Century etymologies Century Dictionary (1)

  1. French, from lorgner, spy, peep, perhaps from German dial. loren, look at.
 

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/lɔrˈnyɛt/
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