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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