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

In the ditty box are kept such articles as toothbrush, brush and comb, small hand glass, writing material, and odds and ends.

From A Gunner Aboard the "Yankee" by Doubleday, Russell

I study my profile with a hand glass, getting the double reflection.

From Possessed by Moffett, Cleveland

They are iron if one touch them with a faltering hand, glass if you brush them with a strong arm.

From The Legend of Ulenspiegel, Volume I (of 2) And Lamme Goedzak, and their Adventures Heroical, Joyous and Glorious in the Land of Flanders and Elsewhere by Coster, Charles Th?odore Henri de

And when at the end of his inventions the leader fell back on the hand glass and the cushion, Mildred refused dance after dance.

From Celibates by Moore, George (George Augustus)