monkey-house

See also: monkey house

English

Alternative forms

• monkey house

Noun

monkey-house (plural monkey-houses)

1. An enclosure in which monkeys are kept.
   • 1912, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Lost World […], London; New York, N.Y.: Hodder and Stoughton, →OCLC:

     "The fellow is as full of tricks as the monkey-house at the Zoo."

2. A frenetically chaotic place, often said of a place where politicians gather.
3. (US, dated) A brothel.

Translations

an enclosure in which monkeys are kept

French: singerie (fr) f Irish: teach moncaí m Japanese: 獣舎 (じゅうしゃ, jūsha) Polish: małpiarnia (pl) f Russian: обезья́нник (ru) m (obezʹjánnik)

a frenetically chaotic place

brothel — see brothel