lorgnette

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Originally voiced by Jerry Nelson, she sometimes wears a horn-rimmed lorgnette, fans herself with plastic and sings torchy, bluesy songs.

From Salon • Jan. 23, 2022

Ms. Hamill’s distinctive spin is to read “Pride and Prejudice” through the lorgnette of game theory.

From New York Times • Nov. 19, 2017

Here is Smith, sans magic wand, sans the pearls and lorgnette, facing the camera as an unadorned suburban housewife telling her story of hope and desperation with only her voice and facial expressions.

From Washington Post • Dec. 28, 2015

He won a national student design competition two years running, once for a white desk phone that had a handset with a long handle, like a lorgnette.

From The New Yorker • Feb. 16, 2015

“And where do you go to school, my dear?” said an elderly lady, inspecting Lyra through a lorgnette.

From "The Golden Compass" by Philip Pullman