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spex

1. (colloquial, plural only) Dated form of specs (“spectacles”).
   • 1935, Ralph Merrill Barstow, Build a Better Practice, Doctor, page 15:

     If a patient feels that you are trying to sell a pair of spex, he will freeze up on you.

   • 1955, The Optometric Weekly and the Optometrist & Optician, page 491:

     If you state flatly that your fee is $5 or $20, they take it for granted that this fee covers everything you must do to "fit a pair of spex." They know that you are an optometrist, that you must have gone to college, […]