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monkeyesses

monkeyesses is the plural of monkeyess.

Meaning of monkeyess

Noun

monkeyess (plural monkeyesses)

  1. (archaic) A female monkey.
    • Here’s monkey Wieland, the youth of Old Drury, / Whose acting alone filled the manager’s purse; / His ma wa’n’t a monkeyess, I can assure ye, / But he certainly must have had one for his nurse. / Dear creatures: we can’t do without one, &c.1828, “The Monkey; or, Dear Creatures, We Can’t Do Without Them”, in The Universal Songster; or, Museum of Mirth: Forming the Most Complete, Extensive, and Valuable Collection of Ancient and Modern...

Questions about monkeyesses

What is monkeyesses the plural of?
Monkeyesses is the plural of monkeyess.

Words near monkeyesses in the dictionary

  1. monkeyed around
  2. monkeyed up
  3. monkeyese
  4. monkeyesque
  5. monkeyess
  6. monkeyesses
  7. monkeyface
  8. monkeyface eel
  9. monkeyface eels
  10. monkeyface prickleback
  11. monkeyface pricklebacks

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