Reverse Dictionary: EYEGLASSES

ADJECTIVES
► BARNACLED wearing spectacles → 1878 colloq.
► BESPECTACLED having spectacles on → 1742
► SPECKY wearing glasses → 1956 sl., chiefly Sc., derogatory

NOUNS
► BAD LAMPS sunglasses → 1971 US sl.
► BARNACLES spectacles → 1571 colloq.
► BINS glasses → 1981 sl.
► BLINKERS spectacles → 1898 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► BOOLS the rims of spectacles → Bk1911 Sc.
► BOP GLASSES horn-rimmed spectacles → 1940 jazz musicians’ sl.
► BOPPER GLASSES horn-rimmed spectacles → 1940 jazz musicians’ sl.
► CHEATERS glasses → 1908 US sl., orig. gamblers’
– sunglasses → 1938 US sl.
► CHEATS spectacles → 20C Amer. sl.
► COGS sunglasses → 1940s US Black sl.
► DARK CHEATERS sunglasses → 1949 US sl.
► DARKERS sunglasses → 1950s W. Indies Rasta usage
► DARKS dark glasses → 1985 Bermuda sl.
► DIMMERS FOR THE GLIMMERS coloured glasses → Bk1947 Amer. sl.
► DOUBLE-EYES eyeglasses → 1966 Amer. dial.
► EYE a pair of spectacles → 1568 obs.
► EYE CRUTCHES eyeglasses → 1966 Amer. dial.
► EYES eyeglasses → 1965 Amer. dial.
► EYE-SEERS eyeglasses → 1966 Amer. dial.
► FACE FURNITURE glasses → Brit. sl.
► GIG-LAMPS spectacles → 1853 sl.
► GLARE GLASSES sunglasses → 1979 India sl.
► GLARES sunglasses → 1979 India sl.
► GLIM an eye; a pair of spectacles → 1889 Amer. dial.
► GOGGLES glasses → 1871 sl.
► GOOGONS spectacles → 1920s US criminals’ sl.
► GOOGS spectacles → 1945 US sl.
► HACKNEY MARSHES spectacles, glasses → 20C rhyming sl.
► HEADLIGHTS eyeglasses → 1942 Amer. sl.
► HOLLYWOODS dark glasses → 1966 US sl.
► HOODS dark glasses → 1970s US homosexual sl.
► IRISH LASSES glasses → 20C rhyming sl.
► JACK OF SPADES sunglasses → 1992 UK rhyming sl. for ‘shades’
► JAM-JARS thick-lensed spectacles → 1999 Aust. sl. (Bk.)
► LAMP a monocle → 1936 US sl.
► LAMPS spectacles → 1907 US sl.
► LANCASHIRE LASSES glasses, spectacles → 20C Brit. rhyming sl.
► LOCS ► LOKES sunglasses → 1997 US sl.
► LOOKERS eyeglasses → c1935 Amer. dial.
► LUNETTES spectacles → 1681 obs.
► MAFIAS dark sunglasses → 2000s US prison sl.
► MCATAH mirrored dark glasses → 1980s W. Indies sl.
► MOUNTAIN PASSES spectacles, glasses → 1960 UK rhyming sl.
► NOSE NIPPERS a pair of spectacles kept in position by a spring which clips the nose, rather than by earpieces; a pince-nez → 1895
► NOSE PINCH a pince-nez, a pair of spectacles kept in position by a spring which clips the nose, rather than by earpieces → 1896 obs.
► NOSE the bridge of a pair of spectacles → 1895 obs.
► NOSE-COMPASSES eyeglasses → 1654 obs.
► OGLE FAKES spectacles → 1989 sl.
► OGLE FILTERS sunglasses → 2002 UK sl.
► OGLE SHADES glasses; sunglasses → 2002 UK sl.
► PEEPERS spectacles  → 19C obs.
► PRESERVERS spectacles for preserving the eyesight → 1773 obs.
► PRESERVES weak spectacles intended to preserve the eyesight → 1664 Sc. obs.
► QUIZ a monocle → M19 sl.
► QUIZZER a single eye-glass; a monocle → 1806
► QUIZZING-GLASS a single eye-glass; a monocle → 1802
► READERS reading glasses → c1925 colloq.
► SCENERIES a pair of spectacles or nose glasses → 1912 US criminals’ sl. (Bk.)
► SEERS eyeglasses → 1966 Amer. dial.
► SHADES dark glasses, sunglasses → 1940s sl.
► SIGHT-GLASSES spectacles → 1605 obs.
► SIGHTS spectacles → 1619 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
► SNEAKERS eyeglasses → 1967 Amer. dial.
► SPEC a pair of eyeglasses → 1982 Bahamas
► SPECKS ► SPECS glasses → 1807 sl.
► SUNNIES sunglasses → 1999 Aust. sl. (Bk.)
► TICKLES spectacles → Bk1905 Sc.
► TINTS fashionable dark glasses → 1950s US Black sl.
► TOP EYES eyeglasses → 1970 Amer. dial.
► WINDOW-PANE a monocle → 1923 sl.
► WORKING CLASSES spectacles → Brit. rhyming sl. for ‘glasses’
► WRAPS dark glasses → 2000 Black British sl.

NOUNS – PERSON
► FOUR-EYES a person wearing eyeglasses → 1873 sl.
► GEGGY one who wears spectacles → 2000 sl.
► GIG one who wears spectacles → 1899 sl.
► GIGGER one who wears spectacles → 1928 sl.
► GIG-LAMPS one who wears spectacles → 1899 sl.
► GLASSEYE a person who wears glasses → 1927 US sl.
► GLASS EYES a person who wears glasses → c1786 sl.
► GLAZE-ONS a nickname for one who wears spectacles → 1969 US sl.
► GLIM WORKER one who sells plain glass eyeglasses → Bk1975 Amer. carnival & circus sl.
► GLIM-HUSTLER one who sells cheap eyeglasses → Bk1992 sl. 

VERBS
► SADDLE ONE’S NOSE to wear spectacles → L18 sl.