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Barbary ape
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magot
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A magot is a seated oriental figurine, usually of porcelain or ivory, of a grotesque form; the name derives from the Barbary ape , also known as "magot".
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n. (context archaic English) The Barbary ape.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Magot \Mag"ot\, n. [F.] (Zo["o]l.) The Barbary ape.
Usage examples of magot.
Deux Magots, where the existentialists had established their original beachhead.
But this humble retreat was instantly surrounded by the enemy: they tried to force the door, they were provoked by a discharge of arrows from the roof, till at length, impatient of delay, they set fire to a pile of dry magots, and consumed the cottage with the Roman emperor and his train.
But this humble retreat was instantly surrounded by the enemy: they tried to force the door, they were provoked by a discharge of arrows from the roof, till at length, impatient of delay, they set fire to a pile of dry magots, and consumed the cottage with the Roman emperor and his train.