John Lennon glasses en · NOUN
Pronunciation
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Etymology
Named after British musician John Lennon.
Meanings
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(plural, plural-only) A pair of eyeglasses (spectacles) with round lenses.
Everyone in New York / Had a position on Shanker, / A story about garbage, / An unconventional sex life, / John Lennon glasses, […]
1969 (7 Apr), Judith Viorst, "New York Visit, 1969", New York Magazine 2 (no.14): 43A bookish young man with John Lennon glasses looked up, smiled, and answered in a northern accent. "The tool is calibrated. Just waiting to hit total depth."
2003, Greg Iles, Sleep No More, page 36:"[…]Or, I could go to Harvard Square, browse the coffee shops wearing my John Lennon glasses, and look for an intellectual who's smart enough to see the woman inside."
1998, Barbara Delinsky, A Woman's Place, page 335:
Synonyms
tea glasses · Harry Potter spectacles · Harry Potter glasses · John Lennon spectacles · Windsor glasses
Translations (6)
mk ленонки (pair of eyeglasses/spectacles with round lenses) · cs lennonky (pair of eyeglasses/spectacles with round lenses) · fi John Lennon-rillit (pair of eyeglasses/spectacles with round lenses) · fr lunettes d'intellectuel (pair of eyeglasses/spectacles with round lenses) · pl lenonki (pair of eyeglasses/spectacles with round lenses) · fr petites lunettes rondes (pair of eyeglasses/spectacles with round lenses)