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

eyeglass

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

lens

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