Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A plate of glass silvered (coated with quicksilver) on the back, so as to show images by reflection; a plane mirror of glass.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A mirror made of glass on which has been placed a backing of some reflecting substance, as quicksilver.
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- noun Alternative spelling of
looking glass .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a mirror; usually a ladies' dressing mirror
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Examples
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"You fool!" he cried at his image in the looking-glass.
Chapter 13 2010
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His investigation leads him into a dangerous, looking-glass world of corporate cover-ups, government collusion and murder-and to shadowy government operative Darius Jedburgh (Ray Winstone), who has been sent in to clean up the evidence.
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The wedding was not a looking-glass event, reflecting the infantilisation of a subject nation.
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Summary: From hundreds of diplomatic cables, Afghanistan emerges as a looking-glass land where bribery, extortion and embezzlement are the norm and the honest man is a distinct outlier.
Greg Mitchell: On the 100th Day of 'Cablegate': The Top WikiLeaks Revelations Greg Mitchell 2011
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For surely it's only with the coming-of-old-age of the postwar babyboomers that old age has become such a looking-glass world.
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Think of the looking-glass in Alice and Wonderland.
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Through football's looking-glass darkly – unless you're selling
Darren Bent won't chicken out when Aston Villa are in peri-peril | Martin Kelner 2011
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It's through the looking-glass we go, folks, full-tilt boogie, in one godawful tangle of apes and angels and their age-old prey. posted by Dr. Dawg at 3: 33 AM
Archive 2009-08-01 2009
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Think of the looking-glass in Alice and Wonderland.
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Despite the traps set and the looking-glass effect, it works.
Marie-Laure Delorme: Provocation and Silence in Public Enemies Marie-Laure Delorme 2011
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