hipster glasses

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English

Noun

A young man wearing a pair of hipster glasses.

Template:en-plural noun

  1. Plastic eyeglasses with thick, horn-rimmed (typically black) frames, characteristically worn by members of the hipster and nerd subcultures.
    • 2012, Madeleine George, The Difference Between You and Me, Viking (2012), →ISBN, unnumbered page:
      “I think we totally need to talk about the StarMart thing,” a girl with chunky hipster glasses and a blunt, black bob says, and rapidly the rest of the council agrees.
    • 2012, Emily Ecton, Project Jackalope, Chronicle Books (2012), →ISBN, page 79:
      He had these watery blue eyes behind a pair of black hipster glasses and was holding a fancy camera.
    • 2014, Heather Vogel Frederick, Absolutely Truly, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers (2014), →ISBN, page 137:
      He was wearing hipster glasses, jeans, a red-and-white striped shirt, and red sneakers.

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