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monkey nut
noun
, Slang.
- a peanut.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of monkey nut1
First recorded in 1875–80
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Example Sentences
She (Evangeline) was balancing easily on one leg, while with the other leg and her beak she tried to peel a monkey-nut.
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He was holding a tiny gourd, no larger than a monkey-nut, suspended from a necklace of polished crocodile teeth.
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The pea nut—or monkey nut—is especially recommended as a cure for indigestion.
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It was still grappling with a monkey-nut, but no doubt a different one.
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