"monkey paw" meaning in English

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  "pos": "noun",
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          "ref": "1995, Marcia Golub, Wish-bone, page 334:",
          "text": "\"Seems we were all living bad dreams,\" he said. \"Wishes coming true in a monkey-paw way.\"",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "2003, Darren Greer, Tyler's Cape, page 120:",
          "text": "It was Tom's monkey paw, that wish that he could be the provider in the family. Suddenly my father was dead and the gauntlet was passed to my oldest brother.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2010, Ann Aguirre, Hell Fire, page 304:",
          "text": "For obvious reasons, I didn't trust demon favors. I had to think quickly, something that wouldn't backfire. There was a lesson to be learned from that whole monkey paw deal.",
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        "Alternative form of monkey's paw."
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        "(idiomatic, usually attributive) Alternative form of monkey's paw."
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  "word": "monkey paw"
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          "ref": "1995, Marcia Golub, Wish-bone, page 334:",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "2003, Darren Greer, Tyler's Cape, page 120:",
          "text": "It was Tom's monkey paw, that wish that he could be the provider in the family. Suddenly my father was dead and the gauntlet was passed to my oldest brother.",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "2010, Ann Aguirre, Hell Fire, page 304:",
          "text": "For obvious reasons, I didn't trust demon favors. I had to think quickly, something that wouldn't backfire. There was a lesson to be learned from that whole monkey paw deal.",
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        "Alternative form of monkey's paw."
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