porch monkey

Sat Jan 22 15:58:52 UTC 2011

Who calls a "lawn jockey" a "porch monkey"?

I've never even heard "*lawn monkey," which would at least make more sense.

JL

On Sat, Jan 22, 2011 at 10:51 AM, Joel S. Berson <Berson at att.net> wrote:

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> <font size=3>At 1/21/2011 04:12 PM, Mullins, Bill AMRDEC wrote:<br>
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> > > Not in OED in /any/ sense--ethnic slur, the (original?)
> functional<br>
> term,<br>
> > > or "statuette" house accessory derived from it. Wiki
> has an odd<br>
> > > suggestion under Ethnic slurs:<br>
> > ><br><br>
> This statuette of which you speak -- is it what I think of as a
> "lawn<br>
> jockey"?<br>
> ...</blockquote><br>
> Like the one that is in front of the Jockey Club on East 52nd Street in
> New York City.  Or used to be, if my memory is correct -- Google
> street view does not show it (and the building is newer than the one I
> visualize).<br><br>
> Of course, there's no lawn there.<br><br>
> Joel<br><br>
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