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Horn-rimmed   /hɔrn-rɪmd/   Listen
Horn-rimmed

adjective
1.
Having the frame made of horn or tortoise shell or plastic that simulates either.





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"Horn-rimmed" Quotes from Famous Books



... a middle-aged man with horn-rimmed spectacles. His companion was much the younger of the two. The latter bowed to Thane, who had taken a position before the fireplace and was regarding the strangers ...
— Quill's Window • George Barr McCutcheon
... hoping up the street, another already sat beside Julia, sharing with her the wicker settee on the dim porch, and this was the horn-rimmed young poet. Newland had, as usual, a new poem with him; and as others had proved of late that they could sit on Julia's veranda as long as he could, he had seized the first opportunity to familiarize her with this ...
— Gentle Julia • Booth Tarkington


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