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road monkey

road monkey noun: a manual laborer who inspected, cleared, and repaired logging roads.

Noun

road monkey (plural road monkeys)

  1. (colloquial, dated) A manual laborer who inspected, cleared, and repaired logging roads.

Forms of road monkey

pluralroad monkeys

Origin of road monkey

Attested in the late 19th century.

Questions about road monkey

What does road monkey mean?
Road monkey means a manual laborer who inspected, cleared, and repaired logging roads.
What part of speech is road monkey?
Road monkey is a noun.
What is the plural of road monkey?
The plural of road monkey is road monkeys.

Words near road monkey in the dictionary

  1. road map
  2. road maps
  3. road metal
  4. road mix
  5. road moai
  6. road monkey
  7. road movie
  8. road movies
  9. road picture
  10. road pictures
  11. road pizza

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