nose glasses

== English == === Alternative forms === noseglasses nose-glasses === Noun === nose glasses pl (plural only) (historical) A style of eyeglasses without earpieces, often attached to a cord or ribbon allowing them to be hung around the neck. Synonyms: pince-nez, pinch-nose glasses 1825, William Henry Pyne (as Ephraim Hardcastle), The Twenty-Ninth of May, London: Knight and Lacey, Volume 1, Chapter 4, p. 105,[1] 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; 1885, Vanity Fair, Volume 33, p. 140, “Diary of Rasper, M.P.,”[2] Speaker, nervously twiddling nose-glasses, instinctively stretches out hand for new Procedure Rules, like Old Bailey Judge fumbling for black cap. A pair of eyeglasses (or eyeglass frames) to which is attached a hollow false nose, worn as a humorous disguise.