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Opera glasses   /ˈɑprə glˈæsəz/   Listen
Opera glasses

noun
1.
An optical instrument designed for simultaneous use by both eyes.  Synonyms: binoculars, field glasses.






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"Opera glasses" Quotes from Famous Books



... backs—turned when Vasco da Gama put the ship about. Jadwin having criticised the effect because none of the actors turned with it, was voted a Philistine by Mrs. Cressler and Corthell. But as he was about to answer, Mrs. Cressler turned to the artist, passing him her opera glasses, and asking: ...
— The Pit • Frank Norris

... a great number of tourists on board the steamer. Rollo could see them very distinctly sitting under the awning on the deck. Some were standing by the railing and examining the raft by means of their spy glasses or opera glasses. Others were seated at tables, eating late breakfasts, in little parties by themselves. The boat glided by very swiftly, however, and soon Rollo could see nothing of her but the stern, and the foaming wake which her paddle wheels left ...
— Rollo on the Rhine • Jacob Abbott

... take the chair, and was greeted with a round of applause. Opera glasses came suddenly to many eyes, but the face they saw was not familiar. It was a young face, under iron gray hair, large dark eyes, and a genial and ...
— Purple Springs • Nellie L. McClung

... figure raised two black-gloved arms and held before her eyes a pair of plain black opera glasses. She had reversed their usual position and now gazed steadily about the room through the large end of ...
— Molly Brown's Senior Days • Nell Speed

... people flock to that metropolis, seeking employment in theaters and museums. My personal estimate of the ratio is that not one babe in two million is destined to go through life looking through the wrong end of opera glasses. In my brief career I have never seen more than twenty-two midgets in one group, and that only after Baron Singer had combed the civilized world in an effort to get 'em ...
— David Lannarck, Midget - An Adventure Story • George S. Harney



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