"Suck the monkey" Definition

Definitions for the word "Suck the monkey" from multiple English dictionaries.

1. slang
to rob a cask of liquor by inserting a straw through a gimlet-hole, and sucking a portion of the contents. Originally, as Captain Marryatt states, to SUCK THE MONKEY, was to suck rum from cocoa-nuts, which spirit had been inserted in place of the milk, for the private use of the sailors. _See_ TAP THE ADMIRAL.
Source: The Slang Dictionary, 1864

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