Definition of "pince-nez" [pince•-nez]

• Eyeglasses clipped to the bridge of the nose. (noun)

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• "My book, in one of life's coincidences, will be presented in Madrid this coming May 21, the birthday of the poet with the round pince-nez and the aquiline nose."
• "Viggo was clearly unsettled by such close contact with Freud's personal artefacts, and affected some shivers of recognition as he pored over Freud's notebook which sits on his desk, a pair of fold-up pince-nez placed neatly beside it."
• "“Yes, what of them,” he asked, his kind eyes twinkling behind pince-nez glasses."