monocle
has definitions from the fields of physics,optics
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[ noun ] (physics,optics) lens for correcting defective vision in one eye; held in place by facial muscles
Synonyms Used in print (Edward Jablonski, Harold Arlen Happy with the Blues....)A story , no_doubt apocryphal , for Mercer himself denies it , has him sporting a monocle in those Village days . One day in a bar , so the legend goes , someone put a beer stein with too much force on the monocle and broke it . The innocent malfeasant , filled with that supreme sense of honor found in bars , insisted upon replacing the destroyed monocle - and did , over the protests of the former owner - with a square monocle . The innocent malfeasant , filled with that supreme sense of honor found in bars , insisted upon replacing the destroyed monocle - and did , over the protests of the former owner - with a square monocle . Mercer is_supposed_to have refused it with , `` Anyone who wears a square monocle must be affected '' ! Related terms |
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