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Meanings of eyeglass in English

Portuguese
óculos
Catalan
monocle

Lens for correcting defective vision in one eye; held in place by facial muscles.

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        Usage of eyeglass in English
        1
        The newcomer screwed in his eyeglass and looked deliberately round the room.
        The Survivor
        2
        Morrie places the eyeglass case in a box with other filled bags.
        Getting old is tres dangereux
        3
        Lord Arranmore bent the card in his forefinger, and dropped his eyeglass.
        A Prince of Sinners
        4
        The Colonel put up his eyeglass and contemplated Jonah through the window.
        Stella Fregelius: A Tale of Three Destinies
        5
        I always loved you in blue serge, and I adore your eyeglass.
        The Cinema Murder
        6
        The major drew an envelope from his pocket and fixed his eyeglass.
        Pushed and the Return Push
        7
        She examined the signature, peering through her eyeglass, close to the canvas.
        Prince Zilah — Volume 2
        8
        Sir Ellis fixed him with his eyeglass, and, in disgusted tones, replied:-
        The Reminiscences of an Irish Land Agent
        9
        Borrowdean dropped his eyeglass, and swung it deliberately by its black ribbon.
        A Lost Leader
        10
        His companion was swinging his eyeglass back and forth by its cord.
        The Great Prince Shan
        11
        Then she raised her eyeglass, and looked hard and curiously at Tressady.
        Sir George Tressady — Volume I
        12
        Peter Knott's single eyeglass wandered over the unwieldy frame sitting opposite him.
        War-time Silhouettes
        13
        I stumbled against somebody, and glancing down, caught sight of Good's eyeglass.
        Allan Quatermain
        14
        Do you mean that languishin' creeter with an eyeglass and spindle legs?
        Facing the World
        15
        Still, with a club foot, eh, and spectacles instead of my eyeglass-
        Peter Ruff and the Double Four
        16
        It is merely crossing,' said Mr. Micawber, trifling with his eyeglass, 'merely crossing.
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        Translations for eyeglass
        Catalan
        monocle
        Eyeglass through the time
        Eyeglass across language varieties
        United Kingdom
        Common