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    "Cold enough to freeze the balls off (or on) a brass monkey" (also "brass monkey weather") is a colloquial expression used by some English speakers to...
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  • alcoholic drink Brass monkey (colloquialism), as used by many English speakers to indicate extremes, especially of cold temperature "Brass Monkey" (song), 1986...
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  • The Brass Monkey Motorcycle Rally is an annual motorcycle rally held in Australia by the Bikers Australia club since 1985. Brass monkey (colloquialism) Member...
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    Military Press, 2002, ISBN 1-84342-170-4. Hinckley, Paul. "Battlefield Colloquialisms of the Great War (WW1)". Archived from the original on 2014-12-21. Richard...
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  • work, there is plenty of money to be made. Tyke or Yorkie is now a colloquialism used to identify the Yorkshire dialect, as well as the term some Yorkshiremen...
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  • the first word is used, so plates and twist by themselves become the colloquialisms for "feet" and "girl". Thieves' cant or Rogues' cant was a secret language...
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    language in its own right. The county has also produced a set of Yorkshire colloquialisms, which are in use in the county. Among Yorkshire's traditions is the...
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  • fucking bad." Semper Fu – Marine Corps martial arts Semper Gumby – Colloquialism denoting tactical flexibility and the ability to quickly adapt to changing...
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  • trains invariably ran very early in the morning, "milk train" became a colloquialism for a particularly early train. Modalohr An inter-modal car Mogul type...
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    going to "need more ammunition" had only been a misunderstood American colloquialism. The Tanzanians doubted the explanation, and Carlucci and Gordon would...
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