quizzing glass

noun

An eyeglass with or without a handle; a monocle.

First used 19th c.
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nounquizzing glass (plural quizzing glasses)

plural quizzing glasses · alternative quizzing-glass

  1. historicalAn eyeglass with or without a handle; a monocle.First known use 19th c.

    Some of the symphonies are in practice quite boring and reek of loveless background music for the aristocratic soirées of yesteryear, with brocaded people who have not washed for quite a while kissing hands, fluttering fans and peering through quizzing-glasses.

    2013, Simon Winder, Danubia, Picador, published 2014, page 281
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