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Definition of brass monkeys
brass monkeys
adjective
- very cold. From "It's cold enough to freeze the balls off a brass monkey." London slang.
It's brass monkeys out there.
Last edited on Mar 29 2011. Submitted by Steve G. from Wien, Austria on Nov 10 1999.
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