0 (especially in the past) glasses held on a person's nose by a spring rather than by pieces that fit around the ears:
The man has a moustache and is wearing a pince-nez.
He had a cheeseburger for a head, and sported a top hat, a diplomat's sash, and a pair of pince-nez spectacles.
Historical types include the "pince-nez", monocle, lorgnette, and scissors-glasses.
Early eyepieces were designed to be either held in place by hand or by exerting pressure on the nose ("pince-nez").
Numerous fictional characters have been depicted as wearing pince-nez.
An object, like a pince-nez, leaps from the man's pocket, joining with the coin.
He had long since given up the cigar and pince-nez.
We walked into this gorgeous living room with a grand piano, and there he was, this little guy, with his pince-nez glasses.
