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The ruthless military officer with the monocle and the swagger stick who sends his men to senseless death and/or turns traitor.—Mary McNamara, Los Angeles Times, 21 Nov. 2024 Colin Farrell’s Penguin Is Different From The Comics The original Batman villains were mostly made up of gangsters, and the Penguin first appeared in the early 40’s as a tubby man in a tuxedo and monocle, wielding a variety of gadgets inside his iconic umbrella.—Dani Di Placido, Forbes, 28 Oct. 2024 Plus, no one has ever made a monocle look this cool before, and no one ever will again.—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 6 Sep. 2024 Rather, the mature audience member sports two monocles fused together, with little hooks behind the ears.—Sarah Garfinkel, The New Yorker, 10 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for monocle
Word History
Etymology
French, from Late Latin monoculus having one eye, from Latin mon- + oculus eye — more at eye
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