jam-jar glasses

English

Alternative forms

  • jam jar glasses

Noun

jam-jar glasses pl (plural only)

  1. (informal) A pair of spectacles with round, thick lenses.
    • 2007, Sheila Quigley, chapter 17, in Every Breath You Take, Century, page 151:
      ‘Oh bad, real bad. Thought I wasn’t gonna get out alive. Everybody was pushing and shoving, everyone was screaming.’ He turned to Robbie, ‘Yer remember that lad we used to go to school with, wore them git jam-jar glasses, tiny kid.’
    • 2010, Claudia Carroll, chapter 18, in If this is paradise, I want my old life back, Transworld Ireland, page 362:
      ‘You haven’t changed a day.’ Tim smiles at her as the waiter delivers the wine list.
      ‘Except I got rid of the jam-jar glasses.’
      ‘I liked the jam-jar glasses. They made you look cute.’
    • 2013, Cathy Kelly, chapter 9, in The Honey Queen, HarperCollins, page 177:
      Peggy laughed. ‘What does a knitter look like? Someone in an Aran sweater with big, jam-jar glasses, strange hair and flat Mary-Jane shoes?’

Synonyms

  • jam-jar specs
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