lorgnon

Example Sentences

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Great was his joy at finding "a purely Indian legislative body" and assisting at their deliberations, his lorgnon glued now to one chief and now to another.

From Lippincott's Magazine, September, 1885 by Various

Mrs Fanshawe waved her lorgnon, and murmured some vague words which might, or might not, have been intended as an apology.

From The Independence of Claire by Vaizey, George de Horne, Mrs.

For an instant they wavered, for Caterina had sprung upon the float and was gazing at them through her lorgnon.

From Romance of Roman Villas (The Renaissance) by Champney, Elizabeth W. (Elizabeth Williams)

That is no pomander," I replied, "but a lorgnon.

From Romance of Roman Villas (The Renaissance) by Champney, Elizabeth W. (Elizabeth Williams)

"Well, you're a pretty girl," said Madame Beattie, dropping her lorgnon.

From The Prisoner by Brown, Alice