monkeyshine - Wiktionary, the free dictionary

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• monkey-shine

From monkey +‎ shine.

• IPA^(key): /ˈmʌnkiˌʃaɪn/
• Hyphenation: mon‧key‧shine

monkeyshine (plural monkeyshines)

1. A puerile prank or trick.

   Synonyms: mischief, buffoonery, tomfoolery, monkeyism, shenanigan

   I have seen about as many monkeyshines from you as I will tolerate.

• barrel of monkeys
• monkey around

• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “monkeyshine”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.

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