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Pince nez
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Pince-nez (pincenez) (also known as Oxford glasses) are a style of spectacles, popular in the 19th century, which are supported without earpieces, by pinching the bridge of the nose. (The term, pronounced pĭns' nāz, is from the French for "pinch nose)
Theodore Roosevelt wearing pince-nez.