monocle
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If not wanting my robot assistant/future overlord to have an image tool makes me an A.I. elitist, as Altman implies, then I will proudly fit myself for a monocle.
From Slate • Feb. 10, 2026
A commercial artist added the top hat, monocle and cane.
From The Wall Street Journal • Sep. 26, 2025
“Go ahead and put a monocle and top hat on him.”
From Seattle Times • Jan. 8, 2023
“We did it under the name William Bowery. Very fancy. It sounds like a kind of Agatha Christie character that should be wearing a monocle with a big mustache.”
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 19, 2022
“No, and neither does a screwball like you,” George said, looking at the watering eye behind the monocle and the moistness at the mouth of the beard.
From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole
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