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hobbies and interests genealogy and ancestryWhat is the meaning of Cheeky Monkey?
Considering this, what does Cheeky Monkey mean in British?
cheeky monkey (plural cheekymonkeys)(Britain, Australia, Ireland, New Zealand,idiomatic) Animpudent person.
Subsequently, question is, what does it mean when someone is cheeky?
cheeky. If you're being cheeky you'rebeingbrash or irreverent. If you're a cheeky child,you'reprobably just being impudent and disrespectful — andyou'reprobably going to get in trouble. Cheeky has shadesofmeaning according to the degree of offense taken, and this mayvarybetween British and American English.
cheeky (adj.) "impudent, presumptuous," 1859 (1850 as the nicknameofa misbehaving boy in a story), from cheek in its senseof"insolence" + -y (2). Related: Cheekily;cheekiness(1841).