monkey board
n.— «The men were injured when a finger came out of a monkey board knocking both men down and falling across them.» —“Two Men Injured In Oil Field Accident” in Raymondville Valley Morning Star (Harlingen, Texas) July 24, 1945. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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