"porch monkey" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: En-au-porch monkey.ogg [Australia] Forms: porch monkeys [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} porch monkey (plural porch monkeys)
  1. (idiomatic, offensive, ethnic slur) A lazy black person. Tags: ethnic, idiomatic, offensive, slur
    Sense id: en-porch_monkey-en-noun-6gIWwpdK Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English ethnic slurs

Inflected forms

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