lorgnette

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Recent Examples of lorgnette As a rule, monocles were a male accessory: If in need of an aid to vision, a woman would use spectacles or a lorgnette, a pair of glasses on a handle. Austin Grossman, The Atlantic, 13 Oct. 2019
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Noun
  • The role of Eustace went, this time around, to Spike Lee, who traded in the classic monocle for a movie camera.
    The New Yorker, New Yorker, 15 Sep. 2025
  • To complete the looks, a black bowler hat with a clock face monocle attached.
    Angela Yang, NBC news, 6 May 2025
Noun
  • Google showed an early demo of those glasses at its annual I/O event in May, but there are no details on when such a device will launch.
    Steve Kovach, CNBC, 22 Oct. 2025
  • Dave Franco, in glasses, plays up the grinning geek factor a bit too much.
    Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 22 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Leading up to the Great American Eclipse, these safety spectacles became a bit hard to find, so buy them and more eclipse gear and merch early.
    Maya Silver, Outside, 21 Oct. 2025
  • Kiss wouldn’t have another Top 10 until long after Frehley left in 1981, but the quartet’s albums continued to sell well as its arena concerts became spectacles.
    Erik Pedersen, Deadline, 16 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Inside, a huge man with a knee-length beard and red hat greeted my daughters, his eyes sparkling behind a pair of pince-nez.
    Monisha Rajesh, Travel + Leisure, 23 Dec. 2023

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“Lorgnette.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lorgnette. Accessed 28 Oct. 2025.

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