dressing glass

noun

1. a small, adjustable mirror designed to stand on a dressing table.

Word History and Origins

Origin of dressing glass¹

First recorded in 1705–15

Example Sentences

Item: I give to my grandson, George Washington, my next best dressing glass, one bed, bedstead, bolster, one pillow, one pair of sheets, one blanket and counterpane.

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Dicky's cot was in Helen's room and she had accumulated on her bureau a variety of souvenirs, most of which were pinned to the muslin that framed her dressing glass.

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If you are going to arrange your hair before your dressing table, you want a light directly over your dressing glass.

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A dress closet with mirrors on the doors, that turn back to make a three-fold dressing glass.

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Unconsciously, he was gazing straight before him into the dressing glass, faintly reflecting, in the pale, grey light of the summer night, the objects around.

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