nose glasses

Definitions

1. 1

   A style of eyeglasses without earpieces, often attached to a cord or ribbon allowing them…

   A style of eyeglasses without earpieces, often attached to a cord or ribbon allowing them to be hung around the neck.

   • 1885, Vanity Fair, Volume 33, p. 140, “Diary of Rasper, M.P.,” Speaker, nervously twiddling nose-glasses, instinctively stretches out hand for new Procedure Rules, like Old Bailey Judge fumbling for black cap.
   • There was blood on the altar steps, and on the floor below, where his noseglasses, unbroken, on the end of their black ribbon, lay.
2. 2

   A pair of eyeglasses (or eyeglass frames) to which is attached a hollow false nose, worn…

   A pair of eyeglasses (or eyeglass frames) to which is attached a hollow false nose, worn as a humorous disguise.

   • The magic shop purveyed such goodies as the arrow-through-the-head and nose glasses, props I turned into professional assets later on.

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