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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.
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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
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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
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“Monocle.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/monocle. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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monocle
noun
mon·o·cle
ˈmän-i-kəl 
: an eyeglass for one eye
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