Hornrims

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    horn-rimmed spectacles plural, plural-only

    "Tonight after carefully plaiting my hair, and putting on the cute tweed suit […] I grabbed my horn-rims and rushed down to a staff meeting of the GCN."

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"Tonight after carefully plaiting my hair, and putting on the cute tweed suit […] I grabbed my horn-rims and rushed down to a staff meeting of the GCN."

Etymology

From horn + rims.

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horn rimmed

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