| 单词 | looking-glass man |
| 释义 | > as lemmaslooking-glass man looking-glass man n. now rare a man who makes or fits looking-glasses. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > one skilled in optics > [noun] > maker of instruments mirrorer1309 looking-glass man1664 optician1735 1664 S. Pepys Diary 17 Dec. (1971) V. 348 Then came the looking-glass man to set up the looking-glass I bought yesterday. 1844 R. Bulwer Lytton Mem. Muscovite i. 18 The town..looks with proud disdain, and ineffable contempt, upon the grocer and looking-glass man. 1934 T. H. Ormsbee Story Amer. Furnit. iii. 44 The labels and advertising of some of the looking-glass men also give us an indication of the source of the brass hardware used on chests of drawers, desks, and the like. < as lemmas |
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