"suck the monkey" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: sucks the monkey [present, singular, third-person], sucking the monkey [participle, present], sucked the monkey [participle, past], sucked the monkey [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} suck the monkey (third-person singular simple present sucks the monkey, present participle sucking the monkey, simple past and past participle sucked the monkey)
  1. (nautical slang) To surreptitiously drink alcohol from a cask through an inserted tube. Tags: slang Synonyms: bleed the monkey
    Sense id: en-suck_the_monkey-en-verb-I45r3p9H Categories (other): Nautical, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 53 47 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 46 54 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 45 55 Topics: nautical, transport
  2. (slang) To drink from a coconut filled surreptitiously with rum, etc. Tags: slang
    Sense id: en-suck_the_monkey-en-verb-798AqbAD Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 53 47 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 46 54 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 45 55

Inflected forms

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