quizzing glass
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quizzing glass (plural quizzing glasses)
- (historical) An eyeglass with or without a handle; a monocle. [from 19th c.]
- 2013, Simon Winder, Danubia, Picador, published 2014, page 281:
- Some of the symphonies are in practice quite boring and reek of loveless background music for the aristocratic soirées of yesteryear, with brocaded people who have not washed for quite a while kissing hands, fluttering fans and peering through quizzing-glasses.