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LOOKING GLASS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does looking glass mean?
• LOOKING GLASS (noun)
The noun LOOKING GLASS has 1 sense:
1. a mirror; usually a ladies' dressing mirror
Familiarity information: LOOKING GLASS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A mirror; usually a ladies' dressing mirror
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
glass; looking glass
Hypernyms ("looking glass" is a kind of...):
mirror (polished surface that forms images by reflecting light)
Context examples
To our venerable benefactor Mr. Laurence I leave my purple box with a looking glass in the cover which will be nice for his pens and remind him of the departed girl who thanks him for his favors to her family, especially Beth.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
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