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monkey engine

monkey engine noun: a kind of pile driver having a ram or monkey working in a wooden frame.

Noun

monkey engine (plural monkey engines)

  1. (historical) A kind of pile driver having a ram or monkey working in a wooden frame.

Forms of monkey engine

pluralmonkey engines

Questions about monkey engine

What does monkey engine mean?
Monkey engine means a kind of pile driver having a ram or monkey working in a wooden frame.
What part of speech is monkey engine?
Monkey engine is a noun.
What is the plural of monkey engine?
The plural of monkey engine is monkey engines.

Words near monkey engine in the dictionary

  1. monkey dance
  2. monkey dish
  3. monkey drill
  4. monkey drills
  5. monkey dust
  6. monkey engine
  7. monkey engines
  8. monkey fever
  9. monkey fevers
  10. monkey flip
  11. monkey flipped

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