monkey board
n.— «Thy driver, like Nimshi’s son—/Driveth/Furiously!/And the cad upon the monkey-board/The monkey-board behind/Scorneth the drag—but goes/Downhill like mad.» —by James Parton Parodies and Burlesques (New York City) , 1856. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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