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- noun A hand-held device consisting of a series of
lenses andprisms , used tomagnify objects so that they can be better seen from adistance , and looked at through both eyes.
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- noun an optical instrument designed for simultaneous use by both eyes
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Examples
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I think a quality set of binoculars is my next most important piece of equipment.
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I think a quality set of binoculars is my next most important piece of equipment.
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We slip in binoculars, for the nudist lesbian Wiccans over the hill.
Hunters Gary Moshimer 2010
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Knowing which hedges to hid behind to watch this girl shower with binoculars is half the battle.
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It was Andy's first Grand Slam appearance, Arthur Ashe Stadium was hardly a flicker in some architect's eye, and Blanche Roddick was swiveling her binoculars from the cheap seats in the Louis Armstrong sky to find a birthday boy who never cared to wait his place in line.
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Now these projects - including the "binoculars" - seem fairly permanent to me.
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The binoculars were a recent purchase, made when the need to see her face, her expression, her clear gray eyes, had become too much to bear.
The Third Victim Gardner, Lisa 1988
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All I'd brought with me beside the binoculars was a bottle of water, a pair of sunglasses, and the Luger in my belt.
Blood Sports Francis, Dick 1967
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The pile of fur we glimpsed through our binoculars was a sleek jumble of six or eight African painted wolves - a.k.a. the African wild dog - lying just 10 yards away in the dappled shade under the low-hanging scrub trees.
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The only thing a fledgling bird-watcher saw through his binoculars was a Boeing 757.
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reesetee commented on the word binoculars
What? How can binoculars be pains in the butt, Prolagus? They're splendid! (Well, my pair is.)
March 29, 2008
Prolagus commented on the word binoculars
I put them slightly before diarrhea in my pain-charts. They give me eternal not-tonight-sweetie headache.
March 29, 2008
reesetee commented on the word binoculars
Wow. I don't think I can ever look at my binoculars the same way again.
March 29, 2008
bilby commented on the word binoculars
Whenever I turn up anywhere with binoculars - football, theatre, nature walk, etc. - somebody wants to borrow them. Wanna meet people? Stuff MySpace, try binoculars.
March 29, 2008
sonofgroucho commented on the word binoculars
My wife got me a pair of these recently: very handy!
March 29, 2008
Prolagus commented on the word binoculars
But again, bilby,
if you lend someone your binoculars don't expect to have an exciting night.
Binoculars + oligosexuality = eternal not-tonight-sweetie headache.
March 31, 2008
reesetee commented on the word binoculars
Saaay...I resent that! Why, I've had many an exciting night with my binoc--er...while keeping my binoculars at hand! Er, I mean....
Oh hell, there's just no good way to save that remark.
March 31, 2008
bilby commented on the word binoculars
Isn't the plural superfluous, given that the bi- already indicates that?
eg.I packed by my binoculars in my bag and went for a ride on my bicycles.
See what I mean? Usual the numerical prefixes don't demand a plural: tripod, quadrilateral, pentagon, etc.
March 31, 2008
reesetee commented on the word binoculars
I always thought that too, bilby. I imagine it just morphed into plural form with long usage.
March 31, 2008
chained_bear commented on the word binoculars
It's OK, reesetee. I think your record of bird-love is well proven and has stood the test of time. :)
March 31, 2008
reesetee commented on the word binoculars
You mean my mania, of course. ;-)
March 31, 2008
Prolagus commented on the word binoculars
reesetee,
It was the nightingale, and not the lark.
March 31, 2008
chained_bear commented on the word binoculars
Bilby: I hope you didn't ride your bicycles before putting on your pants. If they're too long you'll need scissors to fix them so they don't get caught in the brakes. (OK, that last one was weak.)
March 31, 2008
bilby commented on the word binoculars
I think I saw a circus act once with someone riding a pair of horses, ie. standing up and with one foot on each horse. I suppose it might be possible to do it with bicycles. Which still leaves hands free for holding the binoculars :-)
March 31, 2008
chained_bear commented on the word binoculars
We should have Plural Day. (Like Ernie on Sesame Street once declared it to be Opposite Day.) Just make everything plural. Sorry, everythings.
April 1, 2008
reesetee commented on the word binoculars
Thats sounds likes a greats ideas!
April 1, 2008
bilby commented on the word binoculars
I oops we are all in favours.
April 1, 2008