单词 | little monkey |
释义 | > as lemmaslittle monkey 6. A mimic, a person who acts comically; a mischievous person; a rascal, a scamp. Now frequently in little monkey.Cf. slightly earlier Jack monkey n. at Jack n.2 Compounds 1b. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > imitation > [noun] > silly imitation > one who ape?c1225 monkey1589 the mind > goodness and badness > harmfulness > playful mischievousness > mischievous person > [noun] > young monkey1589 crack1600 irchin1625 limb1625 imp1642 booger1728 varmint1773 hurcheon?a1786 puck1823 hellion1845 faggot1859 Peck's bad boy1883 1589 ‘Marphoreus’ Martins Months Minde sig. E2v See how like the old Ape this young Munkey pattereth. 1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 7 The Englishmen call any man vsing such Histrionical actours a Munkey. 1631 B. Jonson Divell is Asse ii. viii. 83 in Wks. II I cannot get my wife To part with a ring, on any termes: and yet, The sollen Monkey has two. a1716 R. South Serm. Several Occasions (1744) IX. 189 In a word; no man can be exact and perfect in this way of flattery, without being a monkey and a mimick. 1819 Ld. Byron Don Juan: Canto I xxv. 15 A little curly-headed, good-for-nothing, And mischief-making monkey from his birth. 1873 J. A. Symonds Stud. Greek Poets viii. 256 Grote clearly thinks that Aristophanes was a meddling monkey. 1930 J. B. Priestley Angel Pavement v. 248 Well, she's pretty enough, and knows it, the little monkey. 1971 N.Z. Listener 16 Aug. 50/3 The mind boggles. The dreadful deeds the little monkeys might perpetrate. Tch tch. 2002 G. Braver Gray Matter ix. 72 ‘Daddy, will you read to me?’..Martin was at his laptop... ‘Hey, you little monkey,’ he said with a glance. < as lemmas |
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