"tear catcher" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: tear catchers [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} tear catcher (plural tear catchers)
  1. A kind of ornamental glass vase with a fixture shaped for a person's eye, supposed to be used to collect tears of sorrow. Wikipedia link: tear catcher
    Sense id: en-tear_catcher-en-noun-NGf3iGVZ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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