Lens for correcting defective vision in one eye; held in place by facial muscles.
1 He put a monocle in his eye, summoned a steward, and explained:
2 Presently he leaned forward slightly and the monocle dropped from his eye.
3 Upon the question he let his monocle fall and seemed to consider.
4 He brought the glare of his monocle to bear full upon her.
5 Screwing his monocle in his eye, he began to stare pretty consistently.
6 The deputy with the monocle smiled from his place by the notice-board.
7 The monocle dropped from his eye, and his face went suddenly white.
8 In his left eye, attached to a cord, he wore a monocle .
9 Patrick Lovell screwed his monocle into his eye and regarded her dispassionately.
10 He carried a bulky notebook, and, tapping his teeth with his monocle :
11 Mr Ffolliot asked, fixing his monocle and staring steadily at his mother-in-law.
12 Goodenough went next, peering through that window-pane monocle like a deep-sea fish.
13 Behind his monocle , his keen, mocking glance seemed like a taunting smile.
14 The man with the monocle was smug with the self-satisfaction of his tribe.
15 Then he looked at the three through his monocle and said:
16 He had a monocle in his right eye which he kept adjusting nervously.
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