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Lloyd E. Sponenburgh wrote:

OK! You've done it now!

I know this trivia (being in the explosives industry), but most don't.

WHAT does it mean to "freeze the balls off a brass monkey"?

Far as I know, all the explanations for this have been shot down.
Brass monkey being used to hold iron canonballs among them.

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