monkey bread

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noun

the gourdlike fruit of the baobab, eaten by monkeys.

the tree itself.

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Origin of monkey bread

First recorded in 1780–90

Words nearby monkey bread

monk, monkery, monkey, monkey bars, monkey block, monkey bread, monkey bridge, monkey business, monkey climb, monkey-faced owl, monkey flower

How to use monkey bread in a sentence

The tasteless bread was transformed into a sweet cake that included ingredients, such as dried fruit and marzipan.
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Against this backdrop, Paul breaking bread with Sharpton may be too much for Republican primary voters to watch or stomach.
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“Ovens using gas cylinders were set up to make bread under bridges, and nursing stations appeared, offering medicines,” he writes.
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For example, Kuwait recently put a limit the allowable amount of sodium in bread to lower blood pressure.
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“I knew Boyfriend would never really have its chance unless it became my bread-and-butter,” she says.
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But the greatest danger I ever underwent in that kingdom was from a monkey, who belonged to one of the clerks of the kitchen.
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I tell you, madam, most distinctly and emphatically, that it is bread pudding and the meanest kind at that.'
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In Tiefurt we partook of a magnificent collation consisting of a mug of beer, brown bread and sausage!
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Newhall Street, and a new thoroughfare made in continuation of Bread Street.
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Death comes in, the bread at the feast turns black, the hound falls down—and so on.
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British Dictionary definitions for monkey bread

monkey bread

noun

the gourdlike fruit of the baobab tree

monkey bread tree another name for baobab

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