- granny glasses
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eyeglasses with wirelike metal frames that sometimes sit below the bridge of the nose and often have oval lenses.
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granny glasses
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granny glasses — noun plural Date: 1966 spectacles with usually small oval, round, or square lenses and metal frames … New Collegiate Dictionary
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