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Monkey-cage. 336 Monosyllable.
MONKEY-CAGE, subs. (common).—
The grated room in which a
convict sees his friends. Fr. le parloir
des singes.
MONKEY-COAT (or -JACKET), subs.
(nautical).—A short, close-fitting
jacket : a coat with no more
tail than a monkey.' See CAPELLA.
MONKEY-PUMP, subs. (nautical).—
The straw used in sucking the
MONKEY' (q.v.).
MONKEY'S-ALLOWANCE, subs. (corn-
mon).—' More kicks than halfpence.
'
1785. GROSE, Vulg. Tongue, s.v.
1811. Lex. Bal., S.V. MONKEY.
1823. BEE, Diet. Turf, s.v.
1833. MAKKYAT, Peter Sinzfile,
When you get on board you'll find
MONKEY'S ALLOWANCE.
1856. C. KINGSLEY, Leifer [3rd
abridged ed. 1879], May. You fellows
worked like bricks, spent money, and
got midshipman's half-pay (nothing a-day
and find yourself) and MONKEY'S ALLOW-
ANCE (more kicks than halfpence).
MONKEYSHINES (MONKEYTRICKS or
MONKEYINGS), subs. (common).—
I. Antics ; and (2) tricks.
1830. BUCKSTONE, Wreck Ashore,
i. Take care, young woman, you can't
tell what MONKEY TRICKS he may have
been up to in foreign parts.
1378. A. R. GROTE, Pofi. Sic.
Month ly , XIII. 435. You may have
noticed bare-footed boys cutting up
MONKEY-SHINES on trees with entire safety
to themselves.
1887. LiAbincotts' Mag., Aug. A
Land of Love,' p. 231. Such MONKEY-
SHINES! It proves that you have no serious
interest in science.
1888. ROLE BOLDREWOOD, Robbery
Under Arms, xi. Don't get up to any
MONKEY TRICKS.
. 1892. MILLIKEN, 'Arry Ballads, p.
6 . Your MOXKEYINGS mar every pageant.
MONKEY'S-MONEY, subs. (old).—I.
Goods ; (2) labour ; and (3) words.
Fr. monnaie des singes.
1653. URQuilAwr, Rabelais, iv. 3.
It was an original by Master Charles
Charmois, principal painter to king Megistus
(of France), paid for in court
fashion with MONKEY'S MONEY.
MONKEY'S-TAIL, subs. (old nauti-
cal).—See quot.
1823. MARRYAT, Peter Simfile, p.
28 [ed. 1863]. 'Youngster, hand me that
MONKEY'S TAIL!' I saw nothing like a
MONKEY'S TAIL, but I was SO frightened
that I snatched up the first thing that I
saw which was a very short bar of iron,
and it so happened that it was the very
article wanted.
MONMOUTH-STREET FINERY, subs.
pnr. (old).—See quot. [Monmouth-Street
(now Dudley-
Street) was long a mart for secondhand
clothes]. Cf. WARDOUR-
STREET ENGLISH.
1851. MAYHEW, Lond. Lab., etc. ii.
25. MONMOUTH-STREET FINERY was a
common term to express tawdriness and
pretence.
MONNIKER (or MoNIcK). See
MONEICER.
MONOCULAR-EYEGLASS, subs. (corn-
mon).—The breech. For syno-
nyms see BUM.
MONOSYLLABLE, (also DIVINE MO-
NOSYLLABLE) subs. (venery).—
The female pudendum; CUNT
(q.v.).
ENGLISH SYNONYMS. A.B.C.;
Abraham's bosom (generic) ; ace ;
ace of spades ; Adam's own ; agility
; agreeable ruts of life ;
alcove ; alley ; almanack ; Alpha
and Omega ; altar ; altar of
Hymen ; altar of love ; altar
of pleasure ; amulet ; antipodes ;
aphrodisaical tennis court (URQu-