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Besides the obvious things women carry in their bags, I do carry nail-clippers, eye-glass sized screwdrivers, a Leatherman and peptol bismal.
The things girls carry... Will 2009
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Besides the obvious things women carry in their bags, I do carry nail-clippers, eye-glass sized screwdrivers, a Leatherman and peptol bismal.
Archive 2009-05-01 Will 2009
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The phone opens up like an eye-glass case to reveal a 2.6-inch screen and a keyboard (among the best we've seen), with dedicated keys for emoticons (tiny icon "faces" embedded into to text that convey the writer's state of mind or intent), camera, and other functions.
New Cell-Phone Ratings: Models that are proudly un-smart 2010
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Certainly No. 402 wore an eye-glass; probably he was tapping with it and the bared eye was twitching nervously.
Autumn Thomas Plastino Martin 2010
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The officer with the eye-glass and the turned-up moustache must have been living in a state of chronic boredom, for he was always grateful to Rubashov for the smallest crumbs of conversation.
Autumn Thomas Plastino Martin 2010
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The phone opens up like an eye-glass case to reveal a 2. 6-inch screen and a keyboard (among the best we've seen), with dedicated keys for emoticons (tiny icon "faces" embedded into to text that convey the writer's state of mind or intent), camera, and other functions.
New Cell-Phone Ratings: Models that are proudly un-smart 2010
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He wore an eye-glass that he could not see through, patent-leather boots that he could not walk in, and pants that he could not sit down in-dressed like a grasshopper.
Acres of Diamonds 2008
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Like the old enV, it opens up like an eye-glass case to reveal a 2.4-in. screen, stereo speakers, and full QWERTY keyboard to satisfy heavy texters and multimedia addicts though the keys did appear to be a tad more narrow than those on the original.
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Like the old enV, it opens up like an eye-glass case to reveal a 2. 4-in. screen, stereo speakers, and full QWERTY keyboard to satisfy heavy texters and multimedia addicts (though the keys did appear to be a tad more narrow than those on the original).
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Take time by the forelock; and, reducing the stature of your Magazine every month, bring it at last to the dimensions of the little almanack no longer issued, I regret to say, by the ingenious Mr. Schloss: which was invisible to the naked eye until examined through a little eye-glass.
Miscellaneous Papers 2007
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