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Definition of Monocles
1. monocle [n] - See also: monocle
Lexicographical Neighbors of Monocles
Literary usage of Monocles
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Copepodologist's Cabinet: A Biographical and Bibliographical History by David M. Damkaer (2002)
"Jurine was ambiguous in regard to the placing of monocles within the Crustacea.
... not label the monocles as a subclass, section, order, or anything else. ..."
2. Magazine of Zoology and Botany by Prideaux John Selby, George Johnston, William Jardine (1837)
"... Insects," to the number of twenty ; and 9 • Histoire de monocles qui se ...
1820, 4to. f Materiaux pour servir a 1'Histoire de quelques monocles de ..."
3. Anatomy of the Invertebrata by Carl Th. Ernst Siebold (1874)
"IV. (Apus); Prévost, in Jurine^s Hist. d. monocles, PI. XX.-XXI. ... monocles, PI.
XV.-XVL But, with this simple rudimentary eye, should not be confounded ..."
4. Ophthalmic Record: A Monthly Review of the Progress of Ophthalmology (1900)
"I have always thought the use of monocles foolish enough in a man, and was
considerably taken aback to meet one day on a seaside pier two young ladies both ..."
5. The First Shot for Liberty: The Story of an American who Went Over with the by Osborne De Varila (1918)
"Inwardly I groaned with despair when he drew a whole case of brand new monocles
out of his coat pocket, daintily selected one and screwed it into his eye ..."
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