nose glasses

American  

plural noun

1. eyeglasses held in place by a spring that clamps them to the bridge of the nose; pince-nez.

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Etymology

Origin of nose glasses

First recorded in 1885–90

Example Sentences

On the man's head he has drawn nose glasses, bunny ears and a hat with an arrow through it.

From Time Magazine Archive

He wore striped pants, a wing collar, a spade-tailed coat, and nose glasses leashed with yards of black, fluttering ribbon.

From Time Magazine Archive

"He wore nose glasses," she recalls, "and looked more like a professor than he does now."

From Time Magazine Archive

Pale and unsmiling, he signed; "Judge" Hull, scowling, affixed his nose glasses and signed after him.

From Time Magazine Archive

He carried a pair of nose glasses, which were as often between his fingers as on his nose.

From Miss Arnott's Marriage by Marsh, Richard