pince-nez


Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
pince-nez /pãsˈneɪ/
noun [treated as sing. or pl.] a pair of eyeglasses with a nose clip instead of earpieces.
– origin C19: from Fr., lit. ‘(that) pinches (the) nose’.
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