nose glasses

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. isim A style of eyeglasses without earpieces, often attached to a cord or ribbon allowing them to be hung around the neck.

   “1825, William Henry Pyne (as Ephraim Hardcastle), The Twenty-Ninth of May, London: Knight and Lacey, Volume 1, Chapter 4, p. 105, Old Waller, elbowing his way through the crowd, planted himself right before his shop, putting on his nose-glasses, and measuring the amount of the damage;”

2. isim A pair of eyeglasses (or eyeglass frames) to which is attached a hollow false nose, worn as a humorous disguise.

   “The magic shop purveyed such goodies as the arrow-through-the-head and nose glasses, props I turned into professional assets later on.”