subs. (tramps’).—1. The country; DAISYVILLE (q.v.).
1819. J. H. VAUX, Memoirs, s.v.
1820. P. EGAN, Boxiana, iii. 18. Having a snooze and blowing a long one in the MONKERY.
1823. GROSE, A Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue (3rd ed.), s.v.
1851. H. MAYHEW, London Labour and the London Poor, i. 266. ‘Well,’ said he, ‘I don’t know what this ere MONKRY will come to, after a bit.’
1893. P. H. EMERSON, Signor Lippo, v. ‘Do you belong to the start or the MONKERY?’ they asked. ‘London,’ says I. Ibid., 58. The boss had training quarters in the MONKERY for racers and hunters.
2. (tramps’).—Tramps; vagrants: collectively.
1851–61. H. MAYHEW, London Labour and the London Poor, i. 336. The place was well-known to the MONKERY.
ON THE MONKERY, phr. (tramps’).—On tramp.
1851–61. H. MAYHEW, London Labour and the London Poor, i. 344. Thirty years ON THE MONKERY.
