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monkey hanger

monkey hanger noun: a person from Hartlepool.

Noun

monkey hanger (plural monkey hangers)

  1. (Northumbria, Teesside, offensive) A person from Hartlepool.

Forms of monkey hanger

pluralmonkey hangers

Origin of monkey hanger

Citizens of Hartlepool are alleged to have thought that a monkey which washed up onto the beach by the town during the Napoleonic wars was a French spy, and to have hanged it accordingly.

Questions about monkey hanger

What does monkey hanger mean?
Monkey hanger means a person from Hartlepool.
What part of speech is monkey hanger?
Monkey hanger is a noun.
What is the plural of monkey hanger?
The plural of monkey hanger is monkey hangers.

Words near monkey hanger in the dictionary

  1. monkey grass
  2. monkey grasses
  3. monkey guarding
  4. monkey hammer
  5. monkey hammers
  6. monkey hanger
  7. monkey hangers
  8. monkey hour
  9. monkey hours
  10. monkey house
  11. monkey houses

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