All 3 Uses of
spectacle
in
All Quiet on the Western Front
- I can see him now, as he used to glare at us through his spectacles and say in a moving voice: "Won't you join up, Comrades?†
p. 11.2 *
- Two orderlies hold my arms fast, but I break loose with one of them and try to crash into the surgeon's spectacles just as he notices and springs back.†
p. 243.3
- He is a fair fellow, not more than thirty years old, with scars and disgusting gold spectacles.†
p. 243.6
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)