nose-nippers

noun

pince-nez

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Meanings

noun
  1. pluralplural of nose-nipper
  2. pince-nez

    He saw the old man lift his head from some writing so sharp that his nose-nippers fell off...

    1900, Joseph Conrad, Lord Jim, page v. 29
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