QUIZZING GLASS

Traducere în limba română

quizzing glass substantiv

1. monoclu.

2. (înv.) lornion.

Exemple de propoziții și/sau fraze:

I, who knew him well, could tell from his wan cheeks and his restless fingers that he was at his wit’s ends what to do; but no stranger who observed his jaunty bearing, the flecking of his laced handkerchief, the handling of his quizzing glass, or the shooting of his ruffles, would ever have thought that this butterfly creature could have had a care upon earth.

(Rodney Stone, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

When at last, about midday, he did descend, he was so fine with his curled hair, his shining teeth, his quizzing glass, his snow-white ruffles, and his laughing eyes, that I could not take my gaze from him.

(Rodney Stone, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

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