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
Assuming a threatening air, he demanded how I dared to play such monkey tricks.
From Bidwell's Travels, from Wall Street to London Prison Fifteen Years in Solitude by Bidwell, Austin
"The girl's all right: but she's led by your infernal monkey tricks into thinking that I'm neglecting her; so naturally she pretends to take up with you."
From A Poached Peerage by Magnay, William
"Straight down the hall, and don't try any monkey tricks."
From The Lost Valley by Walsh, James Morgan
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 Gage, George W.
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