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Definition of Monkeyshines
1. monkeyshine [n] - See also: monkeyshine
Lexicographical Neighbors of Monkeyshines
Literary usage of Monkeyshines
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Masterpieces of Modern Drama ...: Abridged in Narrative with Dialogue of by John Alexander Pierce, Brander Matthews (1915)
"Mme. de C. Yes, your monkeyshines, and the foolish things you do. SMZ. As I'm
only a little girl it's not surprising that I do foolish things. ..."
2. Green Light!: Men of the 81st Troop Carrier Squadron Tell Their Story by Martin Wolfe (1989)
"We went to a town called Erlangen not far from Nuremberg where that banty rooster
Hitler started his monkeyshines. I had mixed feelings about the hard times ..."
3. The Critic and the Drama by George Jean Nathan (1922)
"He is privy to all their monkeyshines, since he is privy to his own. Having graduated
from quackery, he now smilingly regards others still at the trade of ..."
4. Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of English Usage by Inc. Merriam-Webster (1994)
"... I deplore, monkeyshines in Congress —Harold L. Ickes, New Republic, 2 Aug.
1943 . . . is hardly his fault, and I will content myself with deprecating ..."
5. Daniel Boone, Wilderness Scout by Stewart Edward White (1922)
"Before the latter could fire the Indians began to cut up the most extraordinary
monkeyshines, running in circles, crawling about on then* hands and knees, ..."
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