Meaning of be-monocled | Babel Free

Examples

“Mr. Takahira, after cooling his heels on the ante-room floor for an hour, may just reach his turn when the big, white haired, be-monocled comte comes sauntering in and may see the czar’s personal representative whisk by him into the Secretary’s presence in time to upset some scheme which he has tucked up his sleeve.”

“With be-monocled King George, home from his 12-year exile as a dapper man-about-town in London, once more on the throne and the wheels of government running smoothly in preparation for Jan. 26 election, everywhere the query is heard:[…]”

“Ramrod-straight and be-monocled Erich A. Collin (Heinrich Schafmeister) worries about introducing his onetime prostitute wife to his aristocratic family.”

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