Usually means: Mischievous person, often playfully impudent.
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▸ noun:  (UK, Australia, Ireland, New Zealand, idiomatic) An impudent person, usually a child.

Similar:
monkey, rug monkey, butt monkey, cheeky chappie, cheese monkey, assmonkey, monkey boy, northern monkey, monk, cockmonkey, more...

Opposite:
well-behaved, obedient, respectful, polite

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Similar:
monkey, rug monkey, butt monkey, cheeky chappie, cheese monkey, assmonkey, monkey boy, northern monkey, monk, cockmonkey, more...

Opposite:
well-behaved, obedient, respectful, polite



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