• De binocle (translation: The opera glass) is a short story written by Louis Couperus probably in or around 1897 in Dresden. The story was published for...
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    Binokel (redirect from Binocle)
    a card game for two to eight players that originated in Switzerland as Binocle, but spread to the German state of Württemberg, where it is typically played...
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    J. Butler's Lackadaisy and the Lackadaisy short film. In the piece Son binocle from his piano suite Les trois valses distinguées du précieux dégoûté (1914)...
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    word binocle literally meaning "two eyes", or "eyeglasses" or "binoculars", and was a reference to the mythical notion that the German game of Binocle was...
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    Oudjman, Ouissmann or Wutsman), a Jewish pied-noir who owned a club Le Binocle before the war, chose the song Madame Arthur as the name of the cabaret...
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    Crépuscule matinal (de midi) Affolements granitiques Les trois valses distinguées du précieux dégoûté (1914) Sa taille Son binocle Ses jambes Avant-dernières...
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  • Chestnut) – 5:33 "Lord, I Want to Be a Christian" (Traditional) – 4:31 "Son Binocle" (Satie) – 4:09 "Smoke on the Water" (Ritchie Blackmore, Ian Gillan, Roger...
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    meant "correspondence" or "association". In English-speaking nations, Binocles, meaning eyeglasses with this pronunciation, became the name for Bezique...
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    nose and looked as if they were about to cut it off, they were known as binocles-ciseaux or scissors glasses. The English altered the size and form of the...
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    self-satisfaction. "Is it not written thus?" the text inquires. 2. Son binocle (His pince-nez) – for Mademoiselle Linette Chalupt Our ancient custom forbade...
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    Retrieved 18 April 2016. "Prisons de fer, de chair, d'esprit - Les Binocles". Les Binocles (in French). Archived from the original on 3 April 2016. Retrieved...
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