monkey tricks
US monkey shines
pl n
informal mischievous behaviour or acts, such as practical jokes
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How to use monkey tricks in a sentence
But Jack was only second to Nero in monkey tricks, and he held on in a most tenacious manner.
Jack Harkaway's Boy Tinker Among The Turks | Bracebridge HemyngThey all had names; and there was a naughty little Alexander, whose monkey tricks made even Sylvia laugh.
Countess Kate | Charlotte M. YongeI have not withstood Maitland to be won by the monkey tricks and mawkish commonplace of ordinary men.
Discipline | Mary BruntonThe devil take you, and your lies, and your damn monkey tricks!'
Rayton: A Backwoods Mystery | Theodore Goodridge RobertsBut from all these monkey tricks she found relief in her real music.
The Grey Wig: Stories and Novelettes | Israel Zangwill
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