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  1. brass monkeysadjective

    very cold

  2. Etymology: From the phrase cold enough to freeze the balls off a brass monkey - supposedly a reference to the brass container for cannon balls on a British man-of-war (but this seems to have been discredited)

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of brass monkeys in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of brass monkeys in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

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