monkey board

monkey board
 n.— «“Young man,” continued the pompous gentleman, “I have risen from the monkey board. How? By beiing careful. When I was young, I made money by saving bus fares.”» —“The Good Old Times” Trenton Evening Times (N.J.) July 15, 1898. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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