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monkey hour

monkey hour noun: late afternoon before sunset.

Noun

monkey hour (plural monkey hours)

  1. Late afternoon before sunset.
    • "I was makin' up a litter in the monkey-hour for a young puma which is ill[.]"1897, Bram Stoker, Dracula, published 1993, page 126

Forms of monkey hour

pluralmonkey hours

Questions about monkey hour

What does monkey hour mean?
Monkey hour means late afternoon before sunset.
What part of speech is monkey hour?
Monkey hour is a noun.
What is the plural of monkey hour?
The plural of monkey hour is monkey hours.

Words near monkey hour in the dictionary

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

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