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monkeynut

monkeynut is the alternative form 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

Forms of monkeynut

pluralmonkeynuts

Questions about monkeynut

What is monkeynut the alternative form of?
Monkeynut is the alternative form of monkey nut.

Words near monkeynut in the dictionary

  1. monkeyism
  2. monkeyisms
  3. monkeykind
  4. monkeyless
  5. monkeylike
  6. monkeynut
  7. monkeynuts
  8. monkeypatch
  9. monkeypatched
  10. monkeypatches
  11. monkeypatching

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