nose glasses

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nose glasses

noun noseglasses · nose-glasses

historical, plural, plural only A style of eyeglasses without earpieces, often attached to a cord or ribbon allowing them to be hung around the neck. 1825, William Henry Pyne (as Ephraim Hardcastle), The Twenty-Ninth of May, London: Knight and Lacey, Volume 1, Chapter 4, p. 105, Old Waller, elbowing his way through the crowd, planted himself right before his shop, putting on his nose-glasses, and measuring the amount of the damage;
Similar: pince-nez, pinch-nose glasses
plural, plural only 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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@misc{nose_glasses_2026,
  title = {nose glasses},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/nose%20glasses},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}