hand glass

Example Sentences

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I gave her the bowl of powder, the rouge compact, and the lipstick, and she put away the cards and took up the hand glass from the table by her side.

From "Rebecca" by Daphne du Maurier

“Oh, I don’t know,” Beatrice murmured as she consulted a hand glass.

From The Gorgeous Girl by Bartley, Nalbro

The checking of each panel was determined by examining with a small high-power hand glass magnifying fifteen diameters.

From Paint Technology and Tests by Gardner, Henry A.

Emma McChesney, in the act of surveying her back hair in the mirror, paused, hand glass poised half way, to regard her son.

From Personality Plus Some Experiences of Emma McChesney and Her Son, Jock by Ferber, Edna

"What do you think of yourself now?" and she placed a hand glass before her.

From Pretty Madcap Dorothy Or, How She Won a Lover by Libbey, Laura Jean