Lorgnon (noun)
lawr-yawn
an eyeglass or a pair of eyeglasses.
1840–50; French, equivalent to lorgn(er)
Example sentences
“Clutching our lorgnons, watching the opera.”
Wonky (adj) won-kee Not straight or balanced, off kilter. First recorded in 1915–20; perhaps variant of dialectal wanky, equivalent to wank(le) ( Middle English wankel, Old English wancol. (more…)
