monkey tricks
Britishplural noun
Example Sentences
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If the Egyptian army, "which is being aided and trained by Nazi instructors," tries any monkey tricks, Britain will defend itself.
From Time Magazine Archive
He'd watch that old Rannie didn't try any monkey tricks.
From Command by William McFee
Have you nothing better to do with your time, young sir, than to prowl about the streets playing monkey tricks on innocent passers-by?
From Betty Trevor by Victor Prout
We could almost see the observers leaning over the fuselage to spy out if the British on Helles were up to the monkey tricks they had played at Suvla.
From Tell England A Study in a Generation by Ernest Raymond
“But I don’t guess any of ’em’s likely to try monkey tricks.
From The Golden Woman A Story of the Montana Hills by Ridgwell Cullum
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