Definition of "lorgnettes" [lorgnettes]

• Plural form of lorgnette. (noun)

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• "As in other social cities, the opera was the place to see and be seen, and throughout the evening, the Four Hundred turned their lorgnettes to the boxes opposite and paid visits."
• "If you have trouble reading the dinner menu, lorgnettes are a fashionable and elegant alternative to reading glasses."
• "You can almost picture Megan McArdle and Alison Schrager glowering as these working Americans mow their lawns and mop their floors, looking down on them through golden lorgnettes perched on noses wrinkled in disapproval."