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monkey-houses

monkey-houses is the plural of monkey-house.

Meaning of monkey-house

Noun

monkey-house (plural monkey-houses)

  1. An enclosure in which monkeys are kept.
    • "The fellow is as full of tricks as the monkey-house at the Zoo."1912, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Lost World […], London; New York, N.Y.: Hodder and Stoughton, →OCLC
  2. A frenetically chaotic place, often said of a place where politicians gather.
  3. (US, dated) A brothel.

Questions about monkey-houses

What is monkey-houses the plural of?
Monkey-houses is the plural of monkey-house.

Words near monkey-houses in the dictionary

  1. monkey-faced owl
  2. monkey-faced owls
  3. monkey-flower
  4. monkey-flowers
  5. monkey-house
  6. monkey-houses
  7. monkey-like
  8. monkey-no-climb
  9. monkey-patch
  10. monkey-patched
  11. monkey-patches

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