monkeyshine

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But as a popular-entertainment monkeyshine on the making of musicals, and as the decidedly unspiritual autobiography of a fledgling librettist, the show bumps and bounces along cheerfully enough.

From Time Magazine Archive

“What kind of monkeyshine is this?” he growled.

From "Charlotte's Web" by E.B. White

"I did cut a monkeyshine or two," admitted the young man.

From Diane of the Green Van by Dalrymple, Leona