monkey board
n.— «The step of a bus on which the conductor stands is known as the monkey-board.» —“Words Made By Animals” Wellsboro Gazette (Penn.) Jan. 27, 1921. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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...
monkey board n.— «I had seen C.T. throw poultry off the windmill before, and although this practice was forbidden by his stern father, C.T. counted it a considerable thrill. Sometimes he caught white leghorn pullets and pitched them off...
monkey board n.— «Everything was icy and visibility was restricted to the bottom of the derrick—far below the monkey board, the little platform where I was to work.» —“The Tyranny of the Should” by Karl Laiho in...
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...
monkey board n. a small or narrow elevated platform on which a person stands (to operate a vehicle or machinery, or to perform other work). Editorial Note: While early in its history monkey board referred to a conductor’s place on wheeled vehicles...