All 4 Uses of
spectacle
in
A Great and Terrible Beauty
- A somewhat heavyset woman with piles of brown hair going gray sits at a large desk, a pair of wire-rimmed spectacles on her nose.†
Chpt 4 *
- Mrs. Nightwing glowers at us over the tops of her spectacles.†
Chpt 33
- I'm afraid I may have to take the fireplace poker to my brother to silence this spectacle.†
Chpt 4 *
- Now wot would Missus Nightwing say if she was to see you makin' such a spectacle o' yerself?†
Chpt 9
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)