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quizzing glass en · NOUN

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1. (historical) An eyeglass with or without a handle; a monocle.
   • 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. 2013, Simon Winder, Danubia, Picador, published 2014, page 281:

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