English Dictionary

monkey run

名詞

イギリス英語 歴史的

(Britain, historical) An evening walk undertaken by groups of young people, usually along established routes, to find a boyfriend or girlfriend.

日本語の意味

（英国、歴史的用法）若者たちが夕方にグループで行う散歩で、定められたルートに沿って、交際相手を探す目的で行われるもの。

Every Saturday night, the village's teenagers organized a monkey run along the river, hoping to meet someone special.

毎週土曜の夜、村の十代の若者たちは恋人を見つけるために川沿いを夜の散策に繰り出した。

意味（1）

(Britain, historical) An evening walk undertaken by groups of young people, usually along established routes, to find a boyfriend or girlfriend.

The railway underpass in the town centre has been called Tickle Cock by locals for at least a century and dates back to Victorian times. It is thought the name refers to a monkey run where the lads and lasses of Castleford did their courting ... He added: It dates back to the late 19th Century or early 20th Century and would function in the same way as any 'monkey run' where you paraded up and down trying to find a boyfriend or girlfriend.

monkey runs （ plural ）