eye-glassed

Definitions

Adjective. [C1]

Examples

“Those ineffable poodle puppies, the philosophical Radicals, as the lisping, eye-glassed coxcombs call⟳ themselves, will vote⟳ with the Ministers.”

“Political wisdom has long held that voters don’t like⟳ beards on male (and certainly not on female) politicians. But eyewear has been less discussed and debated among image-makers. Yet the dearth of eye-glassed prime ministers suggest⟳ it is a point⟳ that politicians might want⟳ to consider⟳.”

“In many of his nostalgic reminiscences, laced by descriptions of a mother who couldn’t cook⟳ and who seemed focused elsewhere than upon her family and of a father whose ideas of fun vacations included penny-pinching excursions to obscure places, [Bill] Bryson strikes us as very much like⟳ eye-glassed and bunny-suited Ralphie, the narrator of the popular A Christmas Story movie.”

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