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As a rule, monocles were a male accessory: If in need of an aid to vision, a woman would use spectacles or a lorgnette, a pair of glasses on a handle.
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Austin Grossman, The Atlantic, 13 Oct. 2019
Austin Grossman, The Atlantic, 13 Oct. 2019
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“Lorgnette.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lorgnette. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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