Brass Monkeys
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brass monkeys¹
Where it comes from
From the phrase cold enough to freeze the balls off a brass monkey - supposedly a reference to the brass container for cannon balls on a British man-of-war (but this seems to have been discredited).
adjective
- Very cold. Blimey, it's brass monkeys out there today.
noun
- plural of brass monkey
Brass Monkeys²
noun
- plural of Brass Monkey
