lookin'-glass

I made a pint o 'standin' on a chair afore the lookin'-glass, or else afore the winder towards your 'us, all the whilst I was a-wearin' on 't.

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 121, November, 1867 Various

They say it bad luck to sing in bed or look in the lookin'-glass (mirror) if you in the bed.

Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Arkansas Narratives, Part 6 Work Projects Administration

She made me stand up and shut my eyes, and she put it on my shoulders and made me look in the lookin'-glass, and then she says,

Aunt Jane of Kentucky Eliza Calvert Hall

Then she told me to fetch her the lookin'-glass where she sot by the bedside; and when she seen her face the tears came to her eyes, and one little low moan, that seemed away down in her heart, made me shudder.

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 121, November, 1867 Various

And now she stan 'in front o' dat lookin'-glass an 'fuss an' fiddle.

The Trumpeter Swan Temple Bailey

An 'he made me hold a lookin'-glass for him to shave.

The Man of the Forest 1919

The ice is like a black lookin'-glass, and Hiram Peabody slips up the first thing, an 'down he comes, lickety-split, an' we all laugh -- except Sister Mary, an '_she_ says it is very imp'lite to laugh at other folks' misfortunes.

Good Cheer Stories Every Child Should Know Asa Don Dickinson 1918

"Mamma, what do you s'pose Willie barked at the lookin'-glass for?"

Seventeen 1915

(Here Jane's voice betrayed excitement and so did her eyes.) "He was standin 'up there in papa's clo'es before the lookin'-glass, an' first he'd lean his head over on one side, an 'then he'd lean it over on the other side, an' then he'd bark, mamma."

Seventeen 1915

As fine a lady's lookin'-glass as ever vas, a genuine hantique framed in solid silver an 'worth its weight in gold.

Peregrine's Progress Jeffery Farnol 1915