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After Mr. Beatty opened the envelope onstage, he hesitated, and Ms. Dunaway, thinking he was monkeying around, ended up reading out “La La Land.”

From New York Times • Jan. 22, 2018

Most of the time he was monkeying with the batteries and circuits, and devising things to make the work of telegraphy less irksome.

From Edison, His Life and Inventions by Dyer, Frank Lewis

My hands probably trembled a little as I dealt that round, and even this fact probably caused them to suspect that I was monkeying with the deck and to watch me narrowly.

From Taking Chances by Cullen, Clarence L.

But who was monkeying around here as we rode back to camp?

From The Boy Ranchers on the Trail by Baker, Willard F.

I seen a feller oncet thet was monkeying with a rattler an' ketched 'im by thu tail.

From The Song of the Wolf by Mayer, Frank