suck the monkey

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Jump to navigation Jump to search

English

[edit]

Verb

[edit]

suck the monkey (third-person singular simple present sucks the monkey, present participle sucking the monkey, simple past and past participle sucked the monkey)

  1. (naval slang) To surreptitiously drink alcohol from a cask through an inserted tube.
    Synonym: bleed the monkey
    • 1847 January 31, “Lyceum Theatre”, in The Observer, London: William [Innell] Clement, →OCLC, page 5, column 3:
      A new farce, called "The Wigwam," was produced at the Lyceum Theatre on Monday night. [...] As might naturally be expected, Cora has another lover, one Mingo (Mr. Oxberry), known as the "Monkey's Uncle," from his habit of "sucking the monkey."
  2. (slang) To drink from a coconut filled surreptitiously with rum, etc.