brass monkeys
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See also: Brass Monkeys
Etymology
From the phrase cold enough to freeze the balls off a brass monkey - supposedly a reference to the brass container for cannon balls on a British man-of-war (but this seems to have been discredited).
Pronunciation
Audio (General Australian): (file)
Adjective
brass monkeys (not comparable)
Noun
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