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monkey nuts

monkey nuts is the plural of monkey nut.

Meaning of monkey nut

Noun

monkey nut (plural monkey nuts)

  1. (UK) Synonym of peanut.
    • An American would regard the Valley of Rocks at Lynton simply as a piece of waste around[.] He would want to erect a merry-go-round and a giant wheel, and a switchback railway there, with a number of kiosks for the sale of monkey nuts, maizypop, and ice cream soda.1911 September 23, “Arduous Pleasures (Scene New York.)”, in The Calgary Daily Herald, mail edition, 28th year, number 2987, Calgary, Alta., →OCLC, page 12, column 5
    Synonyms:
    peanut

Questions about monkey nuts

What is monkey nuts the plural of?
Monkey nuts is the plural of monkey nut.

Words near monkey nuts in the dictionary

  1. monkey model
  2. monkey models
  3. monkey motion
  4. monkey motions
  5. monkey nut
  6. monkey nuts
  7. monkey of the mind
  8. monkey on a stick
  9. monkey on one's back
  10. monkey orange
  11. monkey oranges

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