lorgnon

Example Sentences

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A lorgnon is of course "Hoch elegant," also quite irresistibly snorty, if you are playing an elderly Duchess type of person.

From Confessions of an Opera Singer by Howard, Kathleen

"What lace is that around your neck?" calls out Anna, angrily, looking at her mother through her lorgnon.

From Boris Lensky by Schubin, Ossip

Mrs. Ames clasped her stiff hands together and dropped the lorgnon on the floor.

From The Silver Butterfly by Christy, Howard Chandler

Showily dressed, with a large black felt mushroom hat and heavy pearl pendants in her ears, she talked with affected languor and used a gold lorgnon.

From By Right of Conquest A Novel by Hornblow, Arthur

Nancy, paralyzed with astonishment, saw him sit down, saw his plausible back and explanatory gestures, while the woman still looked at her through her long-handled lorgnon.

From The Devourers by Chartres, Annie Vivanti