Monkey-hanger Definition

noun

(Teesside, Northeast England) An offensive term for a person from Hartlepool.

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Noun

Singular:
monkey-hanger
Plural:
monkey-hangers

Origin of Monkey-hanger

  • Citizens of Hartlepool are alleged to have thought that a monkey which washed up onto the beach by the town during the Napoleonic wars was a French spy, and to have hanged it accordingly.

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