- granny glasses
- gran′ny glass`esn.cvb (usu. with a pl. v.) eyeglasses with wirelike metal frames that sometimes sit below the bridge of the nose and often have oval lenses (often used with pair of)
From formal English to slang. 2014.
granny glasses
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granny glasses — plural noun informal round metal rimmed glasses … English new terms dictionary
granny glasses — noun plural Date: 1966 spectacles with usually small oval, round, or square lenses and metal frames … New Collegiate Dictionary
granny glasses — eyeglasses with wirelike metal frames that sometimes sit below the bridge of the nose and often have oval lenses. * * * … Universalium
granny glasses — noun plural : spectacles with usually small oval, round, or square lenses and metal frames … Useful english dictionary
granny — or grannie [gran′ē] n. pl. grannies Informal 1. a grandmother 2. an old woman 3. any fussy, exacting person ☆ 4. South a midwife adj. of a style like that formerly worn by many elderly women [granny nightgown ]; specif., designating eyeglas … English World dictionary
glasses — Synonyms and related words: Polaroid glasses, bifocals, blinkers, cheaters, colored glasses, contact lens, dark glasses, divided spectacles, eyeglass, eyeglasses, goggles, granny glasses, harlequin glasses, horn rimmed glasses, lorgnette, lorgnon … Moby Thesaurus
granny — 1. noun a) A grandmother. Im going to be a granny. b) An elderly woman. There are too many grannies around here getting in the way. 2. adjective … Wiktionary
glasses — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ dark, tinted ▪ I wear blue tinted glasses on sunny days. ▪ reading ▪ half moon, round ▪ … Collocations dictionary
granny — noun Granny is used before these nouns: ↑flat, ↑glasses, ↑knot … Collocations dictionary
Boxer Boy and Great Granny Girdle — Infobox character colour = Blue name = Boxer Boy and Great Granny Girdle caption = first = Captain Underpants and the Preposterous Plight of the Purple Potty People last = cause = nickname = alias = Grandpa Henry George s great grandmother… … Wikipedia
