Professor Peddick said, pulling out his pince-nez. From Wordnik.com. [To Say Nothing of the Dog]
A pair of gold-rimmed pince-nez wobbled on his nose. From Wordnik.com. [Hokas Pokas]
He is going to mend my pince-nez with a watch spring. From Wordnik.com. [Three Years in Tristan da Cunha] Reference
The secretary with the gold pince-nez gripped his arm. From Wordnik.com. [The Year's Best Science Fiction 23rd Annual Collection]
The Consul tapped his pince-nez nervously upon the desk. From Wordnik.com. [Ruined City]
Lord Willoughby, pince-nez perched on his nose, took notes. From Wordnik.com. [The Perfect Lover]
Professor Peddick took off his pince-nez and peered through them. From Wordnik.com. [To Say Nothing of the Dog]
Repetto came this afternoon with the pince-nez which he had mended. From Wordnik.com. [Three Years in Tristan da Cunha] Reference
Putting on his tortoiseshell pince-nez, James studied the catalogue. From Wordnik.com. [On Forsyte 'Change] Reference
Seesis adjusted his pince-nez and regarded his prisoner censoriously. From Wordnik.com. [Hokas Pokas]
So were her eyes; she ought to have worn a pince-nez; but she did not. From Wordnik.com. [The Years] Reference
Mr. Borgin fixed a pair of pince-nez to his nose and looked down the list. From Wordnik.com. [Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets]
“Ah, yes,” Professor Peddick said, peering at him through his pince-nez. From Wordnik.com. [To Say Nothing of the Dog]
He was not at all disconcerted, but stood looking at me, replacing his pince-nez. From Wordnik.com. [A Queen's Error] Reference
She looked up with eyes that gleamed like hard, bright pebbles behind her pince-nez. From Wordnik.com. [The Moon out of Reach] Reference
And then he looked at Mr. Ledbetter, and his eye went down to the dropped pince-nez. From Wordnik.com. [Twelve Stories and a Dream, by H. G. Wells] Reference
Then another barrister rose — a chicken-breasted little man, wearing gold pince-nez. From Wordnik.com. [The Years] Reference
“Feared drowned?” he said, putting on his pince-nez and then taking them off again. From Wordnik.com. [To Say Nothing of the Dog]
The loss of them was rather serious, as I had broken my pince-nez the day after landing. From Wordnik.com. [Three Years in Tristan da Cunha] Reference
He was very nearsighted and wore a golden pince-nez that he had to wipe off at every moment. From Wordnik.com. [The 13 Culprits]
She lay back in her chair, put up her pince-nez, and regarded me for some minutes in silence. From Wordnik.com. [Dwell Deep or Hilda Thorn's Life Story] Reference
Not as seen through the pince-nez of Roosevelt, who pronounced it "bad business, in all ways.". From Wordnik.com. [FDR’s Sweater Fable] Reference
Nekhludoff had put on his pince-nez, looking at the prisoners while they were being questioned. From Wordnik.com. [Resurrection] Reference
The colonel, putting on his pince-nez, studied his map and asked the major for the exact position. From Wordnik.com. [Pushed and the Return Push] Reference
The professor fumbled for his pince-nez, tore the telegrams open, and proceeded to read them aloud. From Wordnik.com. [To Say Nothing of the Dog]
It was not an easy hand to read, and Lady Gertrude produced her pince-nez to assist in deciphering it. From Wordnik.com. [The Moon out of Reach] Reference
She looked colder and sterner than ever, and put up her gold pince-nez to scan the little new-comer down; but. From Wordnik.com. [Odd] Reference
I saw that it remained stationary whilst the other leered round the corner of the gold-rimmed pince-nez at me. From Wordnik.com. [A Queen's Error] Reference
A pince-nez was balanced on her nose, and her chin -- really a pretty chin -- was held high in an aggressive manner. From Wordnik.com. [Nell, of Shorne Mills or, One Heart's Burden] Reference
Don Juan appeared exceedingly interested at this exhibit, and leant over it with his gold pince-nez held to his eyes. From Wordnik.com. [A Queen's Error] Reference
As a young man, Franklin Roosevelt impersonated his fifth-cousin Teddy, down to wearing pince-nez and shouting "Bully!". From Wordnik.com. [SUPER-SIZING THE PRESIDENT] Reference
The laugh that followed caused the old gentleman to fold up his paper, and look benignly at the young people over his pince-nez. From Wordnik.com. [Ideala] Reference
"It is supposed to be a secret, and the artificial eye looks so natural under his pince-nez that very few know of its existence.". From Wordnik.com. [A Queen's Error] Reference
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