Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—G

Goggles

A corruption of ogles, eyeshades. (Danish, oog, an eye; Spanish, ojo; or from the Welsh, gogelu, to shelter.)

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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