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Definition of Lorgnons
1. lorgnon [n] - See also: lorgnon
Lexicographical Neighbors of Lorgnons
Literary usage of Lorgnons
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. All the Year Round by Charles Dickens (1873)
"As well he might, for he saw that neither the lorgnons nor the Sabots could move
a peg without ... The lorgnons are delighted—the Sabots in consternation. ..."
2. Burr McIntosh Monthlyby Burr William McIntosh by Burr William McIntosh (1908)
"... stick pins, watch pins, French enameled, and jeweled lorgnons; hat pins, ...
FIELD and MARINE GLASSES; lorgnons of gold, shell and pearl; barometers, ..."
3. Macmillan's Magazine by David Masson, John Morley, Mowbray Morris, George Grove (1867)
"A hundred lorgnons were aimed at her sparkling face as she leaned from her
opera-box ; her graceful arm half nestled in scarlet and gold shawls, ..."
4. Can Grande's Castle by Amy Lowell (1918)
"... rustle their mantles and adjust their masks, ogling the ladies with gold lorgnons.
Blind men sniffle into flageolets, marionette men hurry on to a ..."
5. A Dictionary of Slang, Jargon & Cant: Embracing English, American, and Anglo by Albert Barrère, Charles Godfrey Leland (1889)
"... both referring to anything u-ed in connection with seeing, such as spectacles.
lorgnons, or telescopes. The latter would be a duro ..."
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