Definition of monkeyshine
: mischievous or playful activity : prank —usually used in plural grew tired of all the monkeyshines in his classroom
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Examples of monkeyshine in a Sentence
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
First Known Use of monkeyshine
circa 1832
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