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monkeycide

monkeycide noun: the killing of a monkey.

Noun

monkeycide (uncountable)

  1. The killing of a monkey.
    • I do not think I could commit Monkeycide myself. They look, as lady Macbeth says, so like our Fathers.1834, Thomas Hood, “Summer.—A Winter Eclogue.”, in The Comic Annual, London: Charles Tilt, […]
    • This consideration, together with our having nobler game in view, prevented us from committing monkeycide, although the temptation was always in sight.1839, Major E. Napier, “The Perkhal Lake—The Stirrup Cup—Sport in the Jungle—[…]”, in Scenes and Sports in Foreign Lands, volume II, London: Henry Colburn, […], published 1840, pages 5–6

Examples of monkeycide in a sentence

  • “MONKEYCIDE.” Harris, an assayer of Gold Hill, Nev., had a pet monkey […] Tenderly Harris nursed his little pet, but he could not save him.1877 March 16, The Chicago Daily Tribune, volume XXXI, Chicago, Ill., page 3, column 5:
  • […] privileges and duties of individuals and groups were carefully delineated in a code of laws, the only capital offense being monkeycide.1969, Trace, numbers 70–73, page 172:
  • The proceedings were very funny, and the jury composed of young ladies brought in a verdict of guilty of monkeycide,” which was appreciated by the audience after listening to the evidence.1900 June 30, “[Neighborhood News.] Silver Creek Items”, in The Buffalo Commercial, page 7, column 2:
  • The Tacoma-Pierce County All-Star Select baseball team committed monkeycide Friday afternoon.1989 August 20, Doug Drowley, “Timely hits lift locals: Tacoma-Pierce beats Japanese”, in The Morning News Tribune, Tacoma, Wash., page C7:

Origin of monkeycide

From monkey + -cide.

Questions about monkeycide

What does monkeycide mean?
Monkeycide means the killing of a monkey.
How do you use monkeycide in a sentence?
“MONKEYCIDE.” Harris, an assayer of Gold Hill, Nev., had a pet monkey […] Tenderly Harris nursed his little pet, but he could not save him.
What part of speech is monkeycide?
Monkeycide is a noun.

Words near monkeycide in the dictionary

  1. monkey-wrenchers
  2. monkey-wrenches
  3. monkey-wrenching
  4. monkeyboard
  5. monkeyboards
  6. monkeycide
  7. monkeydom
  8. Monkeydonia
  9. monkeyed
  10. monkeyed about
  11. monkeyed around

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