monocled
- a word derived from monocle.
Example Sentences
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There was a monocled dandy, a Supreme label queen, a beach babe in a pineapple dress and bunny ears, an avatar dressed as Frida Kahlo, complete with unibrow.
From New York Times ● May 6, 2020
“That’s the kind of star-studded music video only the monocled rich could afford to even contemplate, never mind watch on their computer screen!”
From Slate ● Apr. 7, 2018
Under more ordinary circumstances, the cover of the issue for February 13 and 20, 2017—our Anniversary Issue, marking ninety-two years—would feature some version of Rea Irvin’s classic image of the monocled dandy Eustace Tilley.
From The New Yorker ● Feb. 3, 2017
For the convention, Mr. Schmitz secured one of the company’s NUT-mobiles, giant peanut-shaped vans that travel the country to help mark the monocled mascot’s centennial.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 11, 2016
At one time, I suppose, Duncan would have called his monocled captain out.
From The Prairie Child by Ward. E. F. (Edmund Franklin)
