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monkey nut

noun

, Slang.
  1. a peanut.


monkey nut

noun

  1. another name for a peanut
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of monkey nut1

First recorded in 1875–80
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Example Sentences

To a worried Maa Kamala she explained, “It’s her stomach. It was the monkey nuts. We bought a whole paper full, and the greedy girl ate most of them.”

The term 'monkey nuts' describes peanuts with the shell or pod intact.

From BBC

"Over in England, my father says, they call 'em monkey nuts."

Some are oval; some are shaped like a monkey nut.

The first thing I saw at Chao-t'ong the next day was the foreign cigarette, sold at a wayside stall by a vendor of monkey nuts and marrow seeds.

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