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Examples

  • So the young doctor bustled in, neat and spruce and rather inhuman looking behind his pincenez.

    Twin Moons 2010

  • Adjusting his pincenez he sat down and looked at Poirot inquiringly.

    Hercule Poirot's Casebook Christie, Agatha, 1890-1976 1984

  • Sir George took it, held it away from him, then slipped on his pincenez.

    Hercule Poirot's Casebook Christie, Agatha, 1890-1976 1984

  • The Emeritus Professor of Bio-Sophistry blinked behind his pincenez.

    VICTOR MOLLO’S BRIDGE CLUB VICTOR MOLLO 1979

  • The Emeritus Professor of Bio-Sophistry blinked behind his pincenez.

    VICTOR MOLLO’S BRIDGE CLUB VICTOR MOLLO 1979

  • The Emeritus Professor of Bio-Sophistry blinked behind his pincenez.

    VICTOR MOLLO’S BRIDGE CLUB VICTOR MOLLO 1979

  • But Dora came up, and with her the gentleman with the pincenez, who is a doctor of law belonging to the District Court of Innsbruck, and Marina and one of the young men, and I asked, "I say, when are we going to have tea?"

    A Young Girl's Diary 1923

  • I can put up with a pincenez for one does not wear them all the time.

    A Young Girl's Diary 1923

  • Miss Herrick, dressed in pale green and wearing pincenez, flutters in girlishly.

    The Sunny Side 1919

  • I can put up with a pincenez for one does not wear them all the time.

    A Young Girl's Diary Anonymous 1897

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