monkey-faced owl
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of monkey-faced owl
An Americanism dating back to 1915–20
Example Sentences
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He looked so dam’ funny, sittin’ up on that ledge like a monkey-faced owl, that I couldn’t help laughin’, and of course it riled him some.
From Hidden Water by Dixon, Maynard
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