The word "monkey", most frequently referring to a payment of £500, as well as the word "pony", referring to £25, are both believed to derive from the days of Indian 500 rupee and 25 rupee banknotes, which feature pictures of a monkey and a pony respectively.
In slang terms, a "monkey" typically refers to £500 GBP.
way back in the day. there used to be a 500 rupee note that had a monkey printed on it.
I can't find any cockney slang called "gorilla" but a monkey is 500 pounds.
In slang, "monkey" is a term for $500. This term likely originated from soldiers in WWII, who used it as code to refer to the 500 rupee banknotes in India. Over time, the term "monkey" became more widely known and used in various contexts to represent $500.
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yes there is a monkey called a snow monkey, a Japanese snow monkey to be exact hope this was helpful!
A monkey is £500, a pony is £25 and a grand is £1000.
no - nowhere that long . About 15 is the average life span for a monkey.
five hundred A monkey = £500 in cockney rhyming slang.
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The female of the monkey is called "guenon" in French. The monkey - as a species, or any monkey when its gender is not relevant - is called "singe".
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