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upright|thumb|Anton Chekhov with pince-nez, 1903

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Vinony's link graph records 191 inbound references to pince-nez, and connects out to French, Anton Chekhov and American Civil War.

It sits within the topics 1840s fashion, 19th-century fashion and Corrective lenses.

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glasses
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Pince-nez
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lorgnette
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  • Varieties
  • Rivet spectacles
  • C-bridge
  • Astig
  • Fits-U
  • Oxford spectacles
  • In popular culture
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upright|thumb|Anton Chekhov with pince-nez, 1903

Pince-nez (, , or , plural form same as singular; ) is a style of glasses, popular in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, that are supported without earpieces, by pinching the bridge of the nose. The name comes from French ('to pinch') and ('nose').

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “pince-nez” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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