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Definition of brass monkeys
brass monkeys
adjective
- very cold. From "It's cold enough to freeze the balls off a brass monkey." London slang.
It's brass monkeys out there.
Last edited on Mar 29 2011. Submitted by Steve G. from Wien, Austria on Nov 10 1999.
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Other terms relating to 'brass': | |
| Definitions include: Literally, brass testicles. | |
| Definitions include: annoyed, very cross. | |
| Definitions include: "brass knuckles". | |
| Definitions include: a person with a brass neck is shameless. | |
| Definitions include: shameless. | |
| Definitions include: the police. | |
| Definitions include: very cold. | |
| Definitions include: to proceed immediately to the important part(s). | |
Other terms relating to 'monkey': | |
| Definitions include: to be or act totally stupid | |
| Definitions include: a silly or ineffectual person. | |
| Definitions include: extremely intoxicated. | |
| Definitions include: a Frenchman. | |
| Definitions include: a person who writes (source) code; "programmer". | |
| Definitions include: a person who has a menial job and who works at a desk. | |
| Definitions include: a funky person. | |
| Definitions include: to care a tiny amount, always used in the negative | |
| Definitions include: to severely injure someone. | |
| Definitions include: a mechanic. | |
| Definitions include: This theorem has been traced to the mathematician E'mile Borel in 1913, and was first popularized by the astronomer Sir Arthur Eddington. | |
| Definitions include: One who cleans up ejaculate at a peepshow. | |
| Definitions include: someone with muscles who looks big and macho. | |
| Definitions include: This describes one who is handy and skilled at stimulating penises. | |
| Definitions include: to perform terribly. | |
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