hand glass
Example Sentences
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I gave her the bowl of powder, the rouge compact, and the lipstick, and she put away the cards and took up the hand glass from the table by her side.
From "Rebecca" by Daphne du Maurier
Pancha took up a hand glass and turning her back to him studied her profile in the mirror.
From Treasure and Trouble Therewith A Tale of California by Geraldine Bonner
They are iron if one touch them with a faltering hand, glass if you brush them with a strong arm.
From The Legend of Ulenspiegel, Volume I (of 2) And Lamme Goedzak, and their Adventures Heroical, Joyous and Glorious in the Land of Flanders and Elsewhere by Charles Th?odore Henri de Coster
“It is like this,” said the little scientist, as he pulled up a blade of grass, and examined it under a powerful hand glass to see if any strange insects might be crawling on it.
From Ned, Bob and Jerry on the Firing Line The Motor Boys Fighting for Uncle Sam by Clarence Young
The prize proved to be a most tempting one, a tiny brush and comb and cunning hand glass in a little satin-lined box.
From Chicken Little Jane by Lily Munsell Ritchie
