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Meanings of big spectacles in English

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Usage of big spectacles in English
1
The gentleman had gray hair, very much tumbled, and wore big spectacles.
The Rover Boys at School; Or, The Cadets of Putnam Hall
2
Over his eyes, which were bright and twinkling, he wore big spectacles.
The Tin Woodman of Oz / A Faithful Story of the Astonishing Adve...
3
But I believe that stupid old man with the big spectacles was right.
Greenmantle
4
Heinzman sat immovable, his round eyes blinking behind his big spectacles.
The Riverman
5
He blinked through his big spectacles; he pawed the air feebly with his hands.
Heart of the Sunset
6
The little man with the big spectacles had things moving.
Sam Lambert and the New Way Store: A Book for Clothiers and Thei...
7
He beamed through his big spectacles as he waved John Minute to a deep armchair.
The Man Who Knew
8
The big spectacles, the half-benign, half-disapproving face, the slightly angelic but ironic mouth, the lugubriousness.
Kalooki Nights
9
The judge looked at him over his big spectacles in perplexed, troubled silence for a moment.
Round Anvil Rock: A Romance
10
The men that one saw retained indeed their German stoutness, their flabby faces, and their big spectacles.
The Hohenzollerns in America / With the Bolsheviks in Berlin and...
11
A frowning pucker appeared just above the bridge of his big spectacles and he raised his head quickly.
The Yellow Streak
12
He wore a blue Munchkin hat, with pointed crown and broad brim, and big spectacles covered his eyes.
The Tin Woodman of Oz / A Faithful Story of the Astonishing Adve...
13
He is a remarkably active man, and of very agreeable manners; he wears big spectacles and a black beard.
Three Months in the Southern States, April-June 1863
14
The big spectacles over his eyes quite altered his froglike countenance and gave him a learned and impressive look.
The Lost Princess of Oz
15
Fritz's big spectacles flashed in the moonlight and his tremendous voice shouted a greeting to the postmaster of Ballinger's.
Heart of the West
16
With his sharp nose, big spectacles and flapping black garments, the professor did look like a mammoth black crow.
The Boy Inventors' Radio Telephone
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