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monkey house

monkey house is the alternative spelling 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.

Forms of monkey house

pluralmonkey houses

Questions about monkey house

What is monkey house the alternative spelling of?
Monkey house is the alternative spelling of monkey-house.

Words near monkey house in the dictionary

  1. monkey hammers
  2. monkey hanger
  3. monkey hangers
  4. monkey hour
  5. monkey hours
  6. monkey house
  7. monkey houses
  8. monkey humper
  9. monkey humpers
  10. monkey humping a football
  11. monkey in the middle

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