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Where does the saying, 'Crafty as a boat load of monkeys' come from?
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The first appearance of a similar a phrase in print, in 1895, referred to people having fun. It actually used the idea of "a barrel of monkeys" Since then, a bushel, a cart-load, a wagon-load and a boat-load have all been used in conjunction with monkeys to mean fun, mischief, jolliness, craftiness or disorder.
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