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horn-rimmed [hawrn-rimd] EXAMPLES|WORD ORIGIN adjective having the frames or rims made of horn or tortoise shell, or plastic that simulates either of these: horn-rimmed glasses. Liberaldictionary.com
Origin of horn-rimmed First recorded in 1890–95 Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019 Examples from the Web for horn-rimmed Contemporary Examples of horn-rimmed
You can almost see his wheels turning through his gold, horn-rimmed glasses.
Maria Elena Fernandez
October 10, 2011
The heavy-set Somali man covered his face with a cloth, which was held in place by a pair of horn-rimmed spectacles.
America’s Deadly Terror ‘Pipeline’
Eliza Griswold
August 6, 2010
“All of these characteristics are part of American style,” explained Bolton, a dapper Brit in horn-rimmed glasses.
Kate Betts
May 5, 2010
Historical Examples of horn-rimmed
The man was about forty, tanned and clean-shaven, with horn-rimmed glasses.
Harold Leland Goodwin
The lama mounted a pair of horn-rimmed spectacles of Chinese work.
Rudyard Kipling
Quickly a plain-clothes man with horn-rimmed spectacles slipped in between her and the door.
Ruth Pierce
The old priest adjusted his horn-rimmed spectacles on his nose and drew a chair close to the light.
Baroness Emmuska Orczy
Then he settled his horn-rimmed pince-nez more firmly on his nose and felt in his waistcoat for a cigar.
Percy Marks
