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	Term: brass monkey
		The word "monkey" is of uncertain origin; its first known usage was in 1498 when it was used in the literary work Reynard the Fox as the name of the son of Martin the Ape.
		It has often been claimed that the "brass monkey" was a holder or storage rack in which cannon balls (or shot) were stacked on a ship.
		Supposedly when the "monkey" with its stack of cannon ball became cold, the contraction of iron cannon balls led to the balls falling through or off of the "monkey." This explanation appears to be a legend of the sea without historical justification.
	www.history.navy.mil /faqs/faq107.htm (410 words)

	IdiomSite.com - Brass Monkey
		Although the boys bringing charges to the guns from the magazine were known as powder monkeys and there is evidence that a type of cannon was called a monkey in the mid seventeenth century, there’s no evidence that the word was ever applied to a plate under a pile of cannon shot.
		What the written evidence shows is that the term brass monkey was quite widely distributed in the US from about the middle of the nineteenth century and was applied in all sorts of situations, not just weather.
		To use a hyperbolical phrase of Shorty’s, ‘It was ’ot enough to melt the nose h’off a brass monkey.’ ” It seems much more likely that the image here is of a real brass monkey, or more probably still a set of them.
	www.idiomsite.com /brassmonkey.htm (604 words)

	Brass monkey (disambiguation) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Brass Monkey is the name of an English folk band.
		The character name may be an allusion to the phrase, however, it is possible that it is not, as the character is, literally, a brass statue of a monkey (animated by the mind of a criminal).
		Brass Monkey is the nickname for the house flag of the Cunard Line; a red flag with a gold lion on it.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Brass_monkey (243 words)

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		To do this, they devised a small brass plate ("brass monkey") with one rounded indentation for each cannonball in the bottom layer.
		Brass was used because the cannonballs wouldn't rust to the "brass monkey", but would rust to an iron one.
		As it got cold on the gun decks, the indentations in the brass monkey would get smaller than the iron cannonballs they were holding.
	members.fortunecity.com /bwjokes/jokes/feb/brassmonkey.txt (225 words)

	Wordorigins.org (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Although now the phrase is used almost exclusively in the canonical version given here, in early usage the parts of the monkey's anatomy varied, as did the temperature, with the phrase being used to refer to hot weather as well.
		One account has the monkey's leg talked off and one writer was hungry enough to eat the brass monkey's balls; one hopes he was speaking metaphorically.
		First, while brass, like any metal, does contract in cold weather, the amount of shrinkage is so infinitesimal that it would not cause the spilling of a rack's contents.
	www.wordorigins.org /Words/LetterC/coldbrass.html (523 words)

	Brass Monkey history (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		The original line-up of Brass Monkey united Martin Carthy and John Kirkpatrick, two stalwarts of the folk scene, Howard Evans and Roger Williams, the Home Service brass and sought after classical and theatre brass players with country dance percussionist Martin Brinsford.
		'Brass Monkey' was greeted with universal praise and was well-placed in the critics' year-end polls.
		Brass Monkey dissolved in 1987 - unable to juggle the demands of each musician's schedule and acquire enough gigs to support the band.
	www.thebeesknees.com /bk-hs-bm.html (1349 words)

	CD Baby: BRASS MONKEY BRASS BAND: The Highest Good
		Brass Monkey is a powerhouse of second-line brass energy in the style of New Orleans' own Dirty Dozen, Rebirth and other brass bands, with a traditional lineup of tuba, saxes, trumpets, trombones, bass drum and snare.
		Brass Monkey's wide repertoire ranges from New Orleans second-line classics like "When The Saints Go Marching In" to danceable favorites by a variety of artists from Led Zeppelin to Stevie Wonder, plus their own irrepressibly funky originals.
		Brass Monkey was formed to play a Fat Tuesday party in 1999 by Bay Area tuba man Jon Birdsong (Beck, Victoria Williams) and drummer Kevin Stevens.
	www.cdbaby.com /cd/brassmonkeybb2 (520 words)

	Metroactive Music \| Brass Monkey
		That Funky Monkey: Brass Monkey bangs a gong on April 5 at Sweetwater.
		The song, which can be heard on Brass Monkey's 2001 debut CD Live in Time and Space, is a staple at this popular brass band's live shows, along with such standards as "When the Saints Go Marchin' In" and "Do Wah Diddy Diddy" and pumped-up covers of Led Zeppelin.
		Formed in 1999 to play a Fat Tuesday party, Brass Monkey is the brainchild of tuba man Jon Birdsong (who has performed with Beck and Victoria Williams) and drummer Kevin Stevens.
	www.metroactive.com /papers/sonoma/04.03.03/brass-monkey-0314.html (555 words)

	Urban Legends Reference Pages: Language (Brass Monkeyshines) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Brass was used because the cannonballs wouldn't rust to the"brass monkey", but would rust to an iron one.
		As it got cold on the gun decks, the indentations in the brass monkey would get smaller than the iron cannonballs they were holding.
		When references to "brass monkeys" started appearing in print in the mid-19th century, they did not always mention balls or cold temperatures.
	www.snopes.com /language/stories/brass.htm (570 words)

	Brass Monkey (band) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Brass Monkey are an English folk band from the 1980s, who reunited in the late 1990s.
		They were innovative in their use of a brass section which was atypical for folk music.
		In 1979 the two formed a trio with Evans, and a couple years later with the addition of Williams and Brinsford they formed Brass Monkey.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Brass_Monkey_(band) (241 words)

	Brass Monkey - AOL Music
		The Brass Monkey is New York City's newest and most exciting Irish pub.
		Brass Monkey is the name of various people and things.
		The phrase "cold enough to freeze the balls off a brass monkey" is sometimes used by English speakers.
	music.aol.com /artist/brass-monkey/16062/main (107 words)

	"Freezing the balls off the brass monkey," a Navy phrase about cannon balls-Fiction!
		This piece of alleged history explains that in the olden days of sailing ships, cannon balls were stacked on the decks on brass plates called "monkeys." The plates had indentions in them that held the balls on the bottoms of the stacks.
		Brass, however, expands and contracts with the temperature and if it got cold enough, the cannon balls could fall...giving real foundation to the phrase "cold enough to freeze the balls off a brass monkey!"
		It was said that it was so cold that it would "freeze the tail off a brass monkey." The Navy says there is no evidence that the phrase had anything to do with ships or ships with cannon balls.
	www.truthorfiction.com /rumors/b/brassmonkeys.htm (414 words)

	Language/Etymology/brass monkey more
		I am near convinced now that if there is any substance to the popular etymology of the expression "cold enough to freeze the balls off a brass monkey" as relating to cannonballs, it has nothing to do with _naval_ gunnery at least.
		How this relates to 'freeze the balls off a brass monkey' is unclear, but [...] Perhaps it is a reference to the coefficient of expansion, ie; if it was very cold, perhaps the muzzle of the cannon was too small to prevent the iron balls from being loaded (differing coefficients of expansion)?
		Note there is no explicit naval connection, the reference predates the era of Nelson and Napoleon it is popularly associated with, and the brass monkey is the gun, not some kind of repository for iron balls.
	tafkac.org /language/etymology/brass_monkey_more.html (526 words)

	Brass Monkey Mystery Brass Monkey Official Site
		As an efficient method of storage and delivery of cannon balls to the cannon for firing, a "Monkey" (this term is used to define a table and/ or a rail) made of brass was used to hold the balls.
		Here is the US Navy's take on The Brass Monkey the claimed word origin is is not true.
		This is the newer brass monkey band it is in the bio.
	infiniteplaythemovie.com /brass_monkey.aspx (1137 words)

	Brass Monkeys History
		he term "Brass Monkeys" is an accepted phrase used in the English language to indicate that the ambient air temperature (or weather) is cold.
		This generally perceived as a humorous reference to some unfortunate Brass Monkey who loses his testicles if the weather is too cold.
		Every Brass Monkeys garment is designed and crafted to emphasises the best of the male form without any sacrifice in comfort or functionality.
	www.brassmonkeys.co.uk /history/default.html (601 words)

	AskOxford: What is the origin of the term 'brass monkey'?
		In very cold weather the brass would contract, spilling the cannonballs: hence very cold weather is 'cold enough to freeze the balls off a brass monkey'.
		The second is that the rate of contraction of brass in cold temperatures is unlikely to be sufficient to cause the reputed effect.
		The third is that the phrase is actually first recorded as 'freeze the tail off a brass monkey', which removes any essential connection with balls.
	www.askoxford.com /asktheexperts/faq/aboutwordorigins/brassmonkeys (440 words)

	C56 - Brass Monkey
		The rally name was taken from the saying "it's cold enough to freeze the balls off a Brass Monkey".
		The Monkey had small indentations to stop the balls rolling about, and when stacked the balls formed a pyramid.
		Unfortunately the "Brass Monkeys" had a design flaw -- apparently brass contracts more than iron in extremely cold weather and it was possible for the "Brass Monkey" to shrink enough for the canon balls to fall out of the indentations.
	www.ultimatejourney.com /chap56.html (2478 words)

	Re: Brass Monkey
		It is said that the stack of cannon balls alongside each gun, arranged in a pyramid on a brass plate to save space, was called a monkey.
		(highly improbable, as all the balls would reduce in size equally and the differential movement between the brass plate and the iron balls would be only a fraction of a millimetre).
		However, it does say that "monkey" is an obsolete term for a kind of cannon.
	www.phrases.org.uk /bulletin_board/13/messages/71.html (1386 words)

	Brass Monkey (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		In combat she is fiercely aggressive, using the Brass monkey suit to pummel her target to pulp, or if ordered to use her ranged weaponry.
		Brass Monkey is a man sized gorilla-looking powered armor with a cockpit for an average 3 foot tall Bonobo Chimpanzee.
		Standing nearly six feet tall, the Brass Monkey suit is a large ape shaped metallic gold powered armored suit.
	www.globalguardians.com /npcs/npcsab/brassmonkey.html (1349 words)

	Brass Monkey - Topic Records
		A ground-breaking five-piece band incorporating trumpet and trombone as well as squeezeboxes, mouth organ, percussion and guitar, Brass Monkey had a short but glittering career in the mid-'80s.
		Brass Monkey return with their "Deep English" sound, and have never sounded better.
		Unique instrumentation and their approach to folk music give Brass Monkey an instantly recognisable sound and presence.
	www.topicrecords.co.uk /acatalog/brass_monkey.html (679 words)

	The Brass Monkey Freeze Indicator. A weather novelty. cold weather brass monkey freeze indicator gift joke novelty (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Our Brass Monkey Freeze Indicator is more than an attractive desk ornament and paperweight.
		The larger of the two parts (Part A) houses the indicator mechanism, and is shaped in the form of the monkey proper.
		Part B is in the form of the monkey's accoutrements.
	www.b17.com /brass (380 words)

	Snafu.com - Sayings
		When fl powder canons were still in use the sailors used a brass box to carry the powder ashore.
		This box was known as a Brass Monkey as it replaced the small boy who used to retrieve the powder from below decks who was called a Powder Monkey.
		When ashore the Brass Monkey would be placed on the ground and the steel canon balls would be stacked in a pyramid around the monkey.
	www.snafu.com /sayings.html (797 words)

	Amazon.com: Brass Monkey (The Lucky Mascot) (1947-England): Video: Thornton Freeland,Carroll Levis,Carole ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		He inadvertently becomes embroiled in a caper involving the smuggling of a priceless brass monkey into England.
		This eccentric gentleman claims the ancient artifact is "beyond human value to any follower of Buddhism." Levis has been given the monkey by his friend Kay Sheldon, who is a former talent discovery.
		The monkey lands in the clutter of Levis office and is promptly mislaid.
	www.amazon.com /Brass-Monkey-Lucky-Mascot-1947-England/dp/B00009XENM (510 words)

	World Wide Words: Brass monkey weather
		It is said that the stack of cannon balls alongside each gun were arranged in a pyramid on a brass plate to save space, the plate being called a monkey.
		To use a hyperbolical phrase of Shorty’s, ‘It was ’ot enough to melt the nose h’off a brass monkey.’ ”
		It seems much more likely that the image here is of a real brass monkey, or more probably still a set of them.
	www.worldwidewords.org /qa/qa-bra1.htm (609 words)

	www.myspace.com/brassmonkeysaloon
		Located in the heart of historic Fells Point (AKA the drinking capital of Maryland) The Brass Monkey Saloon brings you the best that the Maryland music scene has to offer with loaded (and low priced) shows every Thursday, Friday and Saturday night.
		Come on down and support the scene, have a few drinks, party with us and be able to say "I saw them at the Brass Monkey".
		The Brass Monkey is producing a documentary on the local "origonal rock & roll scene" in and around Maryland, Lower Pennsylvania, Northern Virginia, and Delaware.
	www.myspace.com /brassmonkeysaloon (719 words)

	Rally news for the Brass Monkey Motorcycle Rally
		This year we will have some new items in the Brass Monkey Shop, including classy embroidered denim shirts (limited numbers, so be in quick), polar fleece beanies and pottery mugs and steins.
		We remind rallyists that the Brass Monkey Motorcycle Rally is organised for Saturday and Sunday only.
		Over the years of the Brass Monkey Motorcycle Rally more than $50,000 has been donated to a range of charities, these include: Camp Quality, St John Ambulance, local kindergartens and playgroups plus many many more.
	brassmonkeyrally.org.nz /news.html (1215 words)

	The Brass Monkey Bar & Restaurant.
		Starting from April 11 (or 12), The Brass Monkey will be bringing you as much Stanley Cup playoff action as we can.
		The once almighty Reds are in a bit of a slump at the moment, and need all the support they can get, especially after their thumping at the hands of the Sharks...
		The Brass Monkey continues its coverage of the Super 14.
	www.brassmonkeytaipei.com (525 words)

	Brass Monkey - - Meatpacking District - New York Magazine Bar Guide
		A decent pint of Guinness was hard to come by in the Meatpacking District until Brass Monkey opened in Summer 2004.
		Though this wood-paneled hop-head’s haven offers over 60 draft and bottled beers—including inspired basics (Chimay, Magic Hat #9, Boddington’s Ale) and harder to find selections like Victory Golden Monkey, a delicately spiced, punch-packing Pennsylvanian brew—it’s the smooth Guinness pour that the Irish barstaff will sing the praises of every chance they get.
		Gastropub comfort fare like shepherd’s pie, bangers and mash, ribs and smoked salmon are served seven nights a week, with the mussels flavored differently daily.
	www.newyorkmetro.com /listings/bar/brass_monkey (280 words)

	Brass Monkey (1948) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		"The Brass Monkey" is a low-budget comedy-thriller-cum-variety show of little artistic merit but maybe some slight curiosity value.
		With the involvement of a crooked art dealer and his underworld associates, the quest for the stolen third monkey turns nasty and a couple of people are shot dead.
		Made in England by an American director, "The Brass Monkey" is an uneasy transatlantic mish-mash in respect of both style and casting.
	www.imdb.com /title/tt0040186 (535 words)

	www.myspace.com/brassmonkeytrio
		Brass Monkey's Latest Blog Entry [Subscribe to this Blog]
		Brass Monkey is a stripped-down trio, distilling funk, rock and fusion into one eclectic, minimalist sound.
		Unique instrumentation is essential to Brass Monkey's innovative sound.
	www.myspace.com /brassmonkeytrio (153 words)

	Brass Monkey recipe
		They went to a bar called Brass Monkey and ordered the drink.
		While they drank it they marked off the letters in Brass Monkey on the coaster and the remaining letters spelled out the name of the allied spy they needed to contact while in town.
		A Brass Monkey is where you drink a 40 down to the label, and then fill it up with OJ.
	www.drinksmixer.com /drink1597.html (156 words)

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