lorgnon
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Mascha puts up her lorgnon, looks into the room.
From Boris Lensky by Schubin, Ossip
Then raises to her eyes of blue Her lorgnon, as she looks at you.
From Romance of Roman Villas (The Renaissance) by Champney, Elizabeth W. (Elizabeth Williams)
Again the lorgnon was turned threateningly on Hayden.
From The Silver Butterfly by Christy, Howard Chandler
The Countess meanwhile, with lorgnon at her eyes, indifferently gazes at her surroundings.
From Felix Lanzberg's Expiation by Schubin, Ossip
This lorgnon trained itself on Archibald at close range.
From Why Joan? by Kelly, Eleanor Mercein
Some of the women stared at the people going by with lorgnons.
From "The Sun Also Rises" by Ernest Hemingway
The Society ladies turned eagerly in their seats to take in through their lorgnons every detail of the interruption.
From The Hampstead Mystery by Watson, John R. (John Reay)
From their seats women put up their lorgnons to look at her, passers-by turned round and stared.
From The Morals of Marcus Ordeyne : a Novel by Locke, William John
They were playing the last act of "La Calomnie," as Vaughan and De Concressault took their places, put up their lorgnons, and looked round the house.
From Beatrice Boville and Other Stories by Ouida
This lorgnon was a new device of hers, and it was already having the happy effect of increasing the sale of long-handled lorgnons throughout the Five Towns.
From The Card, a Story of Adventure in the Five Towns by Bennett, Arnold
