monkeyshine
See also: monkey-shine
English
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Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmʌnkiˌʃaɪn/
- Hyphenation: mon‧key‧shine
Noun
monkeyshine (plural monkeyshines)
- A puerile prank or trick.
- Synonyms: mischief, buffoonery, tomfoolery, monkeyism, shenanigan
- I have seen about as many monkeyshines from you as I will tolerate.
- 1878, Augustus Radcliffe Grote, Popular Science Monthly, XIII. 435:
- You may have noticed barefooted boys cutting up monkey-shines on trees with entire safety to themselves.
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References
- “monkeyshine”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
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