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

In 1869, Messrs. N. and E. Joly demonstrated that the famous "feather-tailed binocle" was the larva of an insect.

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

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

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

For a long time Vandover watched the boy turning the spokes back and forth, his eyes alternating between the binocle and the horizon.

From Vandover and the Brute by Frank Norris

Something seems to attract his gaze, for he holds the binocle steadily toward the south.

From Trumpeter Fred A Story of the Plains by Charles King

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