lorgnette
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With only one little Strand of Wire or perchance a Steering Knuckle standing between her and a lot of Insurance Money, she retained both her Aplomb and the Lorgnette.
From Knocking the Neighbors by Ade, George
The Lorgnette has just appeared in a volume.
From International Weekly Miscellany - Volume 1, No. 8, August 19, 1850 by Various
She always carried a 99-cent Lorgnette in one Hand and a Smelling-Bottle in the Other.
From Fables in Slang by Newman, Clyde J.
But one day a Scrappy Kid, whose Mother didn't have any Lorgnette or Diamond Ear-Bobs, spotted the Benevolent Lady.
From Fables in Slang by Newman, Clyde J.
He was contributing at that time some much appreciated letters to various magazines under the signature of "The Lorgnette," which were subsequently republished as a volume bearing the same title.
From As I Remember Recollections of American Society during the Nineteenth Century by Gouverneur, Marian
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Power Suffix: -ette
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The Importance of Being Earnest
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"The Diary of a Madman" by Nikolai Gogol
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