four-eyes

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Meaning: (idiomatic,derogatory)A person who wearsspectacles/eyeglasses.1913,Theodore Roosevelt, “In Cowboy Land”, inAn Autobiography, New York:The Macmillan Company,page136:As soon as he saw me he hailed me as “Four eyes,” in reference to my spectacles, and said, “Four eyesis going to treat.” I joined in the laugh and got behind the stove and sat down, thinking to escape notice.

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