monkeyshine

noun

mon·key·shine | \ ˈməŋ-kē-ˌshīn

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: mischievous or playful activity : prank —usually used in plural grew tired of all the monkeyshines in his classroom

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hockey players who are known for their monkeyshines on and off the ice on the alert for paleontological monkeyshines ever since the unmasking of Piltdown man

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The first known use of monkeyshine was circa 1832

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monkeyshine

noun

mon·key·shine | \ ˈməŋ-kē-ˌshīn

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: prank —usually used in pl.

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