Both Uses of
spectacle
in
Of Mice and Men
- A pair of large gold-rimmed spectacles hung from a nail on the wall above his bed.
p. 67.3spectacles = eyeglasses
- Crooks stared at Lennie, and he reached behind him and took down the spectacles and adjusted them over his pink ears and stared again.
p. 68.8 *
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)