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dust monkey 

n. Originally a trainee in an asbestos mine who cleared the fine carcinogenic fibres off the tram lines but now any lowly employee who is tasked with any unpleasant, dangerous or tedious job.

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1) Get a team of dust monkeys into the kitchen right away. The McFryer is making that funny sound and I think she's going to blow!

2) Where's me new dust monkey? A gale be blowing up astern and the mizzen mast be luffing.
dust monkey by gnostic1 October 12, 2011

Gorilla in the monkey cage 

Refering to someone who will/can put the beat down on everyone in site. 2. Someone thats laid back but when needed or required will straighten some shit out.
After Jon realized what she had been doing behind his back, he told Denise; "Your messin' with the Gorilla in the monkey cage".

White Monkey 

A person who works in Asia (normally China) and who's qualification for the job is nothing more than being a Westerner and (normally ) caucasian. Not normally applied to black people.
That "white monkey" get paid more than we Chinese do.
White Monkey by Earthdog June 8, 2018

Love Monkey 

It's a man/woman who values most importantly excitement and laughter in relationships.
Damn matt is a love monkey
Love Monkey by LongHorny June 17, 2013

Drunker than a Monkey's Uncle 

A step beyond Cooter Brown.
Look at her! She's way past Cooter Brown! She's drunker than a Monkey's Uncle!

data monkey 

One whose job requires the use of no more than: (a) two fingers with which to achieve a succession of keystrokes enabling the individual to cut data from one source and simply paste it into another; (b) two brain cells which are mainly used to do google searches and send emails to other data monkeys.
CTRL-C; CTRL-V; CTRL-C; CTRL-V (repeat ad infinitum)
data monkey by Ilovemyjob November 15, 2004