Lorgnon

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This word is acceptable for play in the US & UK dictionaries that are being used in the following games:

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  • n. A lorgnette or opera glass.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. An eye-glass, or a pair of eye-glasses, shutting into a frame which when in use serves as a handle, intended for examining objects at a little distance: also sometimes used as synonymous with opera-glass or lorgnette.
  • Word Usage
    "He drew from his pocket a sheet of folded paper and placed upon the end of his nose his famous gold 'lorgnon': "It is very trifling, one of those directives, as"