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. (common).—'More
kicks than half-*pence.'
1785. Grose, Vulg. Tongue, s.v.
1811. Lex. Bal., s.v. Monkey.
1823. Bee, Dict. Turf, s.v.
1833. Marryat, Peter Simple, ii. When you get on board you'll find monkey's allowance.
1856. C. Kingsley, Letter [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 allowance (more kicks than halfpence).
Monkeyshines (Monkeytricks or
Monkeyings), subs. (common).—1.
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.
1878. A. R. Grote, Pop. Sic. Monthly, xiii. 435. You may have noticed bare-footed boys cutting up monkey-shines on trees with entire safety to themselves.
1887. Lippincotts' Mag., Aug. 'A Land of Love,' p. 231. Such monkey-*shines! It proves that you have no serious interest in science.
1888. Rolf Boldrewood, Robbery Under Arms, xi. Don't get up to any monkey tricks.
1892. Milliken, 'Arry Ballads, p. 6. Your monkeyings mar every pageant.
Monkey's-money, subs. (old).—1.
Goods; (2) labour; and (3) words.
Fr. monnaie des singes.
1653. Urquhart, 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 nautical).—See
quot.
1823. Marryat, Peter Simple, 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.
phr. (old).—See quot. [Monmouth-Street
(now Dudley-Street)
was long a mart for second-hand
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
Moneker.
Monocular-eyeglass, subs. (common).—The
breech. For synonyms
see Bum.
Monosyllable, (also Divine Monosyllable)
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-
