Windsor spectacles
- noun
- Archaic
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gafas Windsor
- She always wears her signature Windsor spectacles, reminiscent of John Lennon's iconic style.
Examples
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His vintage Windsor spectacles gave him a distinctive, intellectual look.
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Many fashion designers have revived Windsor spectacles in their eyewear collections.
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He wore Windsor spectacles that reminded me of John Lennon.
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Do you think Windsor spectacles will come back in fashion?
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Many fashion designers have revived Windsor spectacles in their eyewear collections.
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She always wears her signature Windsor spectacles, reminiscent of John Lennon's iconic style.
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His vintage Windsor spectacles gave him a distinctive, intellectual look.
Synonyms
Round glasses with thin wire frames popular in the 1960s
Small round glasses with thin metal or tortoiseshell frames and a vintage look
Round eyeglasses with thin metal frames made famous by John Lennon
Round glasses like those John Lennon often wore
A pair of lenses in a frame worn on the nose and ears to help you see better
A pair of lenses in a frame that you wear on your nose and ears to help you see
How Round
- Archaic
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Surface Forms
Morphology
A B1 learner who knows 'Windsor' and 'spectacles' can infer this is a kind or style of glasses associated with Windsor (place or name), so the broad category is compositional. However, the precise shape and stylistic features (round frames, thin rims, John Lennon association) are not predictable from the constituents alone, so prior exposure is needed to recover the specific meaning.
Etymology
Windsor spectacles may come from the name Windsor, linked to the British royal family, because round, thin glasses were a classic look there. That's why today Windsor spectacles means simple, round spectacles, the kind many famous people like John Lennon wore.