monkey orchestra

noun

A group of Meissen porcelain figures depicting monkeys playing musical instruments.

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nounmonkey orchestra (plural monkey orchestras)

plural monkey orchestras

  1. A group of Meissen porcelain figures depicting monkeys playing musical instruments.

    Celebrated sets were the Monkey Orchestra and the Carnival of Venice, escorted by upwards of a hundred different and independent figurines, representing the various professions and trades ...

    1877, R. M. Washburn (compiler), The People's Condensed Library - A Compendium of Universal Knowledge, Historical, Scientific, Mechanical, and Statistical, Comprising the Origin of Many Things Not Generally Known, page 360
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