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Monkey business   /mˈəŋki bˈɪznəs/   Listen
Monkey business

noun
1.
Mischievous or deceitful behavior.





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"Monkey business" Quotes from Famous Books



... it go at that on your say-so," Sandy returned, with surprising calmness. "I'm not crowding trouble with you, but get this clear: You know why you're hanging around the ranch, and I don't. All the same, if you are up to any monkey business, ...
— Desert Conquest - or, Precious Waters • A. M. Chisholm
... Granger. "He isn't exactly a cooing dove in disposition, and if a fellow tries any monkey business, he comes down on him like a thousand of brick. Still, he's not such a bad kind after all. He's pretty severe, and he won't stand for a shirk or a crook. But if a fellow's white and tries to do the square thing, he'll get along and not find ...
— The Rushton Boys at Rally Hall - Or, Great Days in School and Out • Spencer Davenport


Words linked to "Monkey business" :   devilry, roguery, mischief-making, shenanigan, mischief, roguishness, devilment, mischievousness, deviltry, rascality


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