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Synonyms of monkey business
wildly playful or mischievous behavior
- the new nanny will not tolerate such monkey business from her charges
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- boisterousness,
- rambunctiousness,
- rowdiness,
- rowdyism,
- rumbustiousness
- [chiefly British]
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“Monkey business.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/monkey%20business. Accessed 23 Apr. 2021.
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The first known use of monkey business was in 1835
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