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Any member of the clade Simiiformes not also of the clade Hominoidea containing humans and apes, from which they are usually, but not universally, distinguished by smaller size, a tail, and cheek pouches.
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He had been visiting an area zoo when a monkey swung from its tree perch, swiped his glasses and hurled them into a hippo hole.
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Any nonhuman simian primate, including apes.
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Chimpanzees are known to form bands to hunt and kill other monkeys.
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A mischievous child.
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She's a cheeky monkey.
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A dance move popular in the 1960s.
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Five hundred pounds sterling; five hundred dollars.
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A person or the role of the person on the sidecar platform of a motorcycle involved in sidecar racing.
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A person with minimal intelligence and/or an unattractive appearance
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A face card.
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A menial employee who does a repetitive job, as in code monkey, grease monkey, phone monkey, powder monkey.
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The weight or hammer of a pile driver; a heavy mass of iron, which, being raised high, falls on the head of the pile, and drives it into the earth; the falling weight of a drop hammer used in forging.
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A small trading vessel of the sixteenth century.
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A drug habit; an addiction; a compulsion.
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A fluid consisting of hydrochloric acid and zinc, used in the process of soldering.
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A person's temper, said to be "up" when they are angry.
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A black person.