Meaning

1 senses

  1. (Northumbria, Teesside, offensive)A person from Hartlepool.

Examples

1 sentences

  1. The people of Hartlepool are referred to as "monkey hangers".

    Людей, які живуть у Хартлпулі, називають "вішателями мавп".

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Origin

Citizens of Hartlepool are alleged to have thought that a monkey which washed up onto the

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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Forms

plural: monkey hangers
Singularmonkey hanger
Pluralmonkey hangers

regular

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
monkB1monkeyA1monomonochrome
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