Monkey Hanger

English

Etymology

Citizens of Hartlepool are alleged to have thought that a monkey which washed up onto the beach by the town during the Napoleonic wars was a French spy, and to have hanged it accordingly.

Noun

Monkey Hanger (plural Monkey Hangers)

  1. (Teesside, Northumbria, offensive) A person from Hartlepool.
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