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pince-nez
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Definition:eye glasses that pinche the bridge of the nose to stay in place rather than earpieces. Their peak of popularity was in the later 19th century.
photo: Anton Chekhov (1903) https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=9108220
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“Yes, that’s very true,” he said, when Alexey Alexandrovitch took off the pince-nez, without which he could not read now,
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I can see Dessie now, her gold pince-nez wabbling on a nose not properly bridged for pince-nez, her eyes streaming with hilarious tears, and her whole front constricted with muscular spasms of laughter.
John Steinbeck. East of Eden, p.281 (1952)
---Her white skin and the pince-nez that she dramatically took from her nose and let hang free on a chain pinned to her dress were factors that brought her a great deal of respect.
Maya Angelou. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (1969)
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I then glanced at her face, and, observing the dint of a pince-nez at either side of her nose, I ventured a remark upon short sight and typewriting, which seemed to surprise her.
Arthur Conan Doyle. Sherlock Holmes: A Case of Identity
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He peered glitteringly through pince-nez glasses at Michael, as though ready to ferret out this last subterfuge.
Irwin Shaw. The Young Lions, p.212 (1948)
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