monocle
noun
an eyeglass for one eye.
monocled
-
a word derived from
monocle.
Example Sentences
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“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
A monocled cobra, a West African spitting cobra and a timber rattlesnake were found at a home in Cresaptown, state Natural Resources Police said.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 24, 2015
The monocled Ainley could not but be aware of his presence, yet except that he kept his gaze resolutely averted, he gave no sign of being so.
From A Mating in the Wilds by Ottwell Binns
