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John Lennon glasses
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English
2009 December 8 2010 December 8
thumb|John Lennon in 1975, wearing John Lennon glasses
Etymology
Named after British musician John Lennon.
Pronunciation
en en-au-John Lennon glasses.ogg AU
Noun
p
A pair of eyeglasses (spectacles) with round lenses.
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1969 (7 Apr), Judith Viorst, "New York Visit, 1969", New York Magazine 2 (no.14): 43
Everyone in New York / Had a position on Shanker, / A story about garbage, / An unconventional sex life, / John Lennon glasses,
en 1998 Barbara Delinsky A Woman's Place 335 "Or, I could go to Harvard Square, browse the coffee shops wearing my John Lennon glasses, and look for an intellectual who's smart enough to see the woman inside."
en 2003 Greg Iles Sleep No More 36 A bookish young man with John Lennon glasses looked up, smiled, and answered in a northern accent. "The tool is calibrated. Just waiting to hit total depth."
Translations
pair of eyeglasses/spectacles with round lenses
Czech: cs lennonky p
Finnish: fi John Lennon-rillit
French: fr lunettes d'intellectuel, fr petites lunettes rondes
Macedonian: mk ленонки f-p
Polish: pl lenonki nv-p
en eponyms
en Glasses