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rigging monkeys

rigging monkeys is the plural of rigging monkey.

Meaning of rigging monkey

Noun

rigging monkey (plural rigging monkeys)

  1. A crewmember of a sailing vessel whose primary responsibility is to climb the mast, usually with the assistance of a boatswain's chair, in order to work on the rigging of the ship.

Questions about rigging monkeys

What is rigging monkeys the plural of?
Rigging monkeys is the plural of rigging monkey.

Words near rigging monkeys in the dictionary

  1. riggies
  2. Riggin
  3. riggin'
  4. rigging
  5. rigging monkey
  6. rigging monkeys
  7. rigging out
  8. riggings
  9. Riggins
  10. Rigginses
  11. Riggio

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