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monkey nut

noun

Slang.
  1. a peanut.


monkey nut

noun

  1. another name for a peanut
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of monkey nut1

First recorded in 1875–80
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To a worried Maa Kamala she explained, “It’s her stomach. It was the monkey nuts. We bought a whole paper full, and the greedy girl ate most of them.â€

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The term 'monkey nuts' describes peanuts with the shell or pod intact.

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"Over in England, my father says, they call 'em monkey nuts."

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Some are oval; some are shaped like a monkey nut.

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The first thing I saw at Chao-t'ong the next day was the foreign cigarette, sold at a wayside stall by a vendor of monkey nuts and marrow seeds.

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