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monkey models

monkey models is the plural of monkey model.

Meaning of monkey model

Noun

monkey model (plural monkey models)

  1. (informal) A downgraded version of a weapon for export or war-time mass production, which lacks many advanced functions of the original version.
    • But as Suvorov observes, the Soviets manufacture two variants of equipment: the standard model and the stripped-down “monkey” model for export, which is sold abroad as “latest” equipment.1983, Terry B. O’Rourke, “The Soviet Threat”, in Claremont Review of Books, volume 11, number 4
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see monkey, model.

Questions about monkey models

What is monkey models the plural of?
Monkey models is the plural of monkey model.

Words near monkey models in the dictionary

  1. monkey meat
  2. monkey men
  3. monkey metal
  4. monkey mind
  5. monkey model
  6. monkey models
  7. monkey motion
  8. monkey motions
  9. monkey nut
  10. monkey nuts
  11. monkey of the mind

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