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looking glass

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look·ing glass (lkng)
n.
See mirror.
looking glass
n
a mirror, esp a ladies' dressing mirror
modifier looking-glass
with normal or familiar circumstances reversed; topsy-turvy a looking-glass world
[sense 2 in allusion to Lewis Carroll's Through the Looking-Glass]
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Noun1.looking glasslooking glass - a mirror; usually a ladies' dressing mirror
glass
mirror - polished surface that forms images by reflecting light
Translations
looking glass
n → Spiegel m


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"A flattering looking glass is a promoter of amiability," she said.
Anne of The Island by Montgomery, Lucy Maud View in context
The handsome Vera, who produced such an irritating and unpleasant effect on everyone, smiled and, evidently unmoved by what had been said to her, went to the looking glass and arranged her hair and scarf.
War and Peace by Tolstoy, Leo View in context
If your Imperial Majesty will be graciously pleased to take off your clothes, we will fit on the new suit, in front of the looking glass.
Andersen's Fairy Tales by Andersen, Hans Christian View in context
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