The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 9 letter word LORGNETTE
I've seen this crossword clue in The Daily Telegraph
L
O
R
G
N
E
T
T
E
More clues leading to the result LORGNETTE
- Green bottle's contents swirling in glasses
- See raddled regent swigging first of tall glasses
- An aid to reading letter briefly gone astray?
- Knowledge about bartending finally clear, these glasses handled
- Oddly, no letter “G” in eye-glass
- Stick to these glasses
- Endless correspondence aboutinstrument’s specs
- Could be gentler to spectacles when handled
- Spectacles look right
- Viewer, possibly used to gentler characters
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What does LORGNETTE mean?
LORGNETTE noun- An opera glass with a handle.
- Elaborate double eyeglasses.