pince-nez
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Kotnowski, in his Pince-nez glasses and Van Dyke beard, posed for photographs with President Calvin Coolidge, holding the first volume, outside the White House.
From Washington Post • Jul. 3, 2017
Pince-nez, pangs′-nā, n. a pair of eye-glasses with a spring for catching the nose.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R) by Various
Pince-nez were adjusted, eyeglasses screwed into eyes, fingers pointed, feet elevated upon uneasy toes.
From The Prophet of Berkeley Square by Hichens, Robert Smythe
Pince-nez flew in every direction, toup�es were disarranged, dental plates shook to their very foundations.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 159, December 1, 1920 by Seaman, Owen, Sir
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