Meaning of jam-jar glasses | Babel Free

Definitions

A pair of spectacles with round, thick lenses.

informal, plural, plural-only

Examples

“‘Oh bad, real bad. Thought I wasn’t gonna get out alive. Everybody was pushing and shoving, everyone was screaming.’ He turned to Robbie, ‘Yer remember that lad we used to go to school with, wore them git jam-jar glasses, tiny kid.’”

“‘You haven’t changed a day.’ Tim smiles at her as the waiter delivers the wine list. ‘Except I got rid of the jam-jar glasses.’ ‘I liked the jam-jar glasses. They made you look cute.’”

“Peggy laughed. ‘What does a knitter look like? Someone in an Aran sweater with big, jam-jar glasses, strange hair and flat Mary-Jane shoes?’”

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