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Hartlepool monkey

Hartlepool monkey proper noun: a monkey, the only survivor of a French ship that foundered near Hartlepool during the Napoleonic Wars, that was supposedly tried and hanged as a spy.

Proper noun

the Hartlepool monkey

  1. A monkey, the only survivor of a French ship that foundered near Hartlepool during the Napoleonic Wars, that was supposedly tried and hanged as a spy.

Questions about Hartlepool monkey

What does Hartlepool monkey mean?
Hartlepool monkey means a monkey, the only survivor of a French ship that foundered near Hartlepool during the Napoleonic Wars, that was supposedly tried and hanged as a spy.
What part of speech is Hartlepool monkey?
Hartlepool monkey is a proper noun.

Words near Hartlepool monkey in the dictionary

  1. Hartle-Hawking state
  2. Hartle-Hawking states
  3. Hartlebury
  4. Hartleian
  5. Hartlepool
  6. Hartlepool monkey
  7. Hartlepudlian
  8. Hartlepudlians
  9. Hartles
  10. Hartless
  11. hartlesse

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