Monkey-hanger Definition
noun
(Teesside, Northeast England) An offensive term for a person from Hartlepool.
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monkey-hanger
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monkey-hangersOrigin of Monkey-hanger
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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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