hartlepool monkey

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Proper noun

1. {{lb|en|folklore}} A [[monkey]], the only survivor of a [[French]] ship that foundered near [[Hartlepool]] during the {{w|Napoleonic Wars}}, that was supposedly tried and hanged as a [[spy]].

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