pince-nez

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“
He was pale, ugly, and sinister; but he surveyed us all with entire effrontery, drew out a pince-nez, being very short-sighted, and then looked calmly round as if surprised.

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  1. noun Eyeglasses clipped to the bridge of the nose.

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  • Mr. Spence slowly moistened his lips with his tongue, and removing his _pince-nez_, took a long hard look at Millner. —  Tales of Men and Ghosts
  • Canon Ebley put on his pince-nez and gave the newcomer the benefit of a keen scrutiny. —  The Point of View
  • General Poineau, lowering his hand, put on a pair of _pince-nez_ and began to unroll an address of welcome. —  The Prince and Betty
  • "Mmmmm -- mm. Mmm -- mmmm -- mm -- mm," would go Miss Salmon, following her pince-nez up and down the little bedroom. —  This Freedom
  • And then, the pince-nez poised, "Well, now" (gulp). —  This Freedom
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  1. French : pincer, to pinch (from Old French pincier; see pinch) + nez, nose (from Latin nāsus; see nas- in Indo-European roots).

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  1. French, from pincer, pinch, + obj. nez, nose: see pinch and nose.
 

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