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pair of spectacles

n. A pair of lenses set in a frame worn on the nose and ears in order to correct deficiencies in eyesight or to ornament the face.

Usage examples of "pair of spectacles".

Because a man who'll sell his soul for a pair of spectacles will resell it for some other prink-a-deeeven cheaperand sooner or later your boy will find out what you are, anyway.

It was a lean Jewish face, with a great fuzzy aureole of white hair and a small goatee beard -- a clever face, and yet somehow inherently despicable, with a kind of senile silliness in the long thin nose, near the end of which a pair of spectacles was perched.

It produced a pair of spectacles from somewhere and balanced them on the end of its beaklike nose, then examined the newcomers carefully before speaking again.

Mr Tillottson put on a pair of spectacles and began to summarise, consulting the notes from time to time.

He shaved the grey beard he was wearing at the time of Dyson's murder, dyed his hair, put on a pair of spectacles, and for the first time made use of his singular power of contorting his features in such a way as to change altogether the character of his face.

He started to dig in the pocket of his dressing gown, and brought out a pair of spectacles.

He was wearing a fancy suit, a pair of spectacles and a lavish smile.