Hartlepool monkey

proper noun

A monkey, the only survivor of a French ship that foundered near Hartlepool during the Napoleonic Wars, that was supposedly tried and hanged as a spy.

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Meanings

proper nounthe Hartlepool monkey
  1. artsA monkey, the only survivor of a French ship that foundered near Hartlepool during the Napoleonic Wars, that was supposedly tried and hanged as a spy.
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APA

Hartlepool monkey. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Hartlepool%20monkey

MLA

“Hartlepool monkey.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Hartlepool%20monkey. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Hartlepool monkey,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Hartlepool%20monkey.

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