The image in your mind might be so clear that it’s hard to simply wipe it away. Even when you’re told that the Monopoly guy hasn’t ever used a monocle, it can be hard to believe it. monopoly has never been pictured on a Monopoly box or board with a monocle. Combined with a morning coat and a top-hat, the monocle completed the costume of the stereotypical 1890s capitalist.įrom Wikipedia, I understand “man with the monocle” means “wealthy upper-class man. The Monopoly Man does not have a monocle. I checked “man with the monocle” on Cambridge, Merriam-Webster, and Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary, none of which registers “man with the monocle” as an idiom associated with “monocle,” but Wikipedia provides explanation of “monocle” as:ĭuring the late 19th and early 20th centuries, the monocle was generally associated with wealthy upper-class men. There is evidence that the Monopoly man, Rich Uncle Penny Bags, had a monocle but Parker Brothers does not have any record of him ever having had a monocle. The last line revived my vague memory that the chairman of a New York private bank and murderous villain, Bryce Fenston in Jeffery Archer’s mystery, “False Impression” used to wear a monocle. But who are the millionaires Obama is talking about? And will a tax on them help the economy? Let’s examine a few presumptions about the man with the monocle on the Monopoly board.” “This past week, President Obama tried to sell his new “millionaires’ tax” to the Rust Belt. Monopoly, and Last Update: This is a question our experts keep getting from time to time. I saw the phrase “ the man with the monocle” in the following sentence of the article titled “Five myths about millionaires,” appearing in Washington Post September 24th issue: The monocle or eyeglass (an old-fashioned form of glasses), has become synonymous with Mr.
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