binocle

¹ American  

[bin-uh-kuhl] / ˈbɪn ə kəl /

noun

1. binocular.

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binocle ² American  

[bahy-nuhk-uhl] / ˈbaɪ nʌk əl /

noun

1. a card game of the bezique family that is played by two persons with a 48-card pack, the lowest card of which is nine.

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Etymology

Origin of binocle¹

1690–1700; < French < Latin bīn ( ī ) bin- + oculus eye

Origin of binocle²

see origin at pinochle

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Example Sentences

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binocle

Here he plants his binocle on his nose, leans back and stares at me.

From Happy-Thought Hall by Sir F. C. (Francis Cowley) Burnand

Indeed, except for the nominal subjects of the legends, one sees nothing religious about them; the medallions, when studied with the binocle, turn out to be less religious than decorative.

From Mont-Saint-Michel and Chartres by Henry Adams

Picking up a binocle, which lay on the table, he turned to look toward Mt.

From An Oregon Girl A Tale of American Life in the New West by Alfred Ernest Rice

Geoffroy, because of the two large eyes, and without paying attention to the ocelli, named this larva the "feather-tailed binocle."

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 385, May 19, 1883 by Various

There was a whirlpool, a rock eddy, and a binocle within a mile.

From The Writings of John Burroughs — Volume 05: Pepacton by John Burroughs

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