**Brass Monkey**
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Brass monkey may refer to:
- Brass Monkey (band), an English folk band formed in 1982
- Brass Monkey (cocktail), an alcoholic drink
- Brass monkey (colloquialism), as used by many English speakers to indicate extremes, especially of cold temperature
- "Brass Monkey" (song), 1986, by the Beastie Boys
- Brass Monkeys, a 1984 Australian sitcom
- Brass Monkey (film), a 1948 feature film
- Brass Monkey Half Marathon, a race held near York, England
- Brass Monkey, karaoke dive bar and restaurant in Koreatown, Los Angeles
English
Etymology
From the phrase cold enough to freeze the balls off a brass monkey. According to the U.S. Naval Historical Center, which cites the Random House Historical Dictionary of American Slang, 'the first recorded use of the term "brass monkey" appears to dates[sic] to 1857 when it was used in an apparently vulgar context by C.A. Abbey in his book Before the Mast in the Clippers, where on page 108 it says "It would freeze the tail off a brass monkey."' A number of false etymologies have been suggested. For more information, see brass monkey on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Pronunciation
Adjective
brass monkey (not comparable)
- (idiomatic, of the weather) Very cold.