MONKEY
NOUNS
► JACKANAPES a tame ape or monkey → 1526 arch.
► MARMOSET any small monkey → 1398 obs.
► MONK a monkey → 1841 colloq.
► MONKEY-MAN a monkey → 1819 obs.
► OLD FOLKS monkeys → 1981 US circus & carnival sl.
► PONGO a monkey → M19 showmen’s sl.
► PUG a monkey; an ape; a nickname for a monkey → L16 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
► PUGGY a monkey → 1821
► SIMIAN an ape or monkey → 1880
NOUNS – PERSON
► APE-BEARER one who carries a monkey about for exhibition; a strolling buffoon; a performer who entertained with a monkey → a1616 obs.
► APE-KEEPER one who carries a monkey about for exhibition; a strolling buffoon → 1600 obs.
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