monkey's dinner-bell
(also monkey dinner-bell)
noun
The sandbox tree, Hura crepitans, whose capsule explodes with a loud report.
Origin
Mid 19th century; earliest use found in John Balfour (1808–1884), botanist.
- Maximilian
- Maximilian II
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- maximum and minimum thermometer
- maximum card
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- maximum-minimum thermometer
- maximum price
- maximum security prison
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- Maxim–Nordenfeldt gun
- Maxina
- maxi-series
- maxi-single