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" The phrase originated from the use of a tray referred to as a "monkey" to carry cannonballs on 16th to 18th century war ships to the cannons, when the temperature got to cold the tray would contract causing the balls to fall off."
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Just want to add that early warships fired iron cannonballs from a stack piled beside the cannon. To keep them in place, they used a square piece of rust-proof brass with indentations ("monkey")to secure the bottom layer of the balls.
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