/ · 1894 Brewer’s · M · Monkey with a Long Tail (A)
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A mortgage. A monkey (q.v.) is slang for £500.
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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.
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