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
Accordingly the next time they thought of playing one of their monkey tricks upon him, I determined to be present.
From Long Live the King by Guy Boothby
I said to myself impersonally that it was impossible for a girl to do any monkey tricks about the La Chance gold with a man like me.
From The La Chance Mine Mystery by George W. Gage
“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
However, we just managed by the skin of our teeth and the usual monkey tricks, to scramble up on board.
From Gallipoli Diary, Volume 2 by Sir Ian Hamilton
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