All 5 Uses of
spectacle
in
Lord of the Flies
- He came forward, searching out safe lodgments for his feet, and then looked up through thick spectacles.
p. 7.9spectacles = eyeglasses
- He smeared the sweat from his cheeks and quickly adjusted the spectacles on his nose.
p. 9.6 *
- His lips quivered and the spectacles were dimmed with mist.
p. 14.5
- Then he laughed so strangely that they were hushed, looking at the flash of his spectacles in astonishment.
p. 44.0
- A little boy who wore the remains of an extraordinary black cap on his red hair and who carried the remains of a pair of spectacles at his waist, started forward, then changed his mind and stood still.
p. 201.8
Definitions:
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(1)
(spectacle as in: made a spectacle of herself) a notable or unusual event that attracts attention
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(2)
(spectacle as in: wore spectacles) an optical lens (generally in pairs as eyeglasses)