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muzzle monkey

muzzle monkey
 n.— «7 muzzle monkeys standing in a row/Standing waiting for The Sandbox to blow/Sitting targets in the wild west show.» —“Dad’s Gonna Kill Me” by Richard Thompson in song Sweet Warrior May, 2007. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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  • Muzzle Monkeys —pejorative term for Artillerymen; derived from the fact that Artillerymen would sometimes have to hang from the Howitzer barrel.

    Short quote from Wikipedia 7/29/08

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