Definition of "lorgnette" []

• A pair of eyeglasses or opera glasses with a short handle. (noun)

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• "Behind the lorgnette was a large and frowning dowager, who followed up the glare with a loud "Shhh!""
• ""lorgnette" that had been handed to them was a new invention of Thomas A. Edison."
• "Lalique's flora and fauna are everywhere—nude feminine figures with insect wings on a necklace, a lizard lorgnette, an ivy and clover hatpin, swans here, wheat sheaves there, a pair of white peacocks with multicolor tails standing on a heart-shaped citrine."