lorgnette in the Oxford-Paravia Italian Dictionary

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She dropped the lorgnette and got real.
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The lorgnette may have developed from scissors-glasses.
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The lorgnette was usually used as a piece of jewelry, rather than to enhance vision.
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The lorgnette maintained its popularity to the end of the 19th century.
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At times, being in her company is like being peered at through an invisible lorgnette.
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And will they like their presents--plastic flowers and a lorgnette?
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Wherever she went, she had her lorgnette and her fan with her.
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Historical types include the "pince-nez", monocle, lorgnette, and scissors-glasses.
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The lorgnette maintained its popularity with ladies of fashion, who chose not to wear spectacles.
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