Monkey Metal Edit Meaning

1.

A term used in the Antique trade to describe a cheap metal alloy, usually zinc based. Often used to describe spelter figures and other ornamental items which were often copies of original bronzepieces.

It is only a cheap monkey metal copy of an original Lorenzl, Art Deco, bronze figurine.

See alloy, zinc, spelter, deko

2.

Monkey metal is junk metal. Usually lots of cheap zinc and aluminum.

WTF? These wrenches I bought at the dollar storeare bending like I'm Uri Gellar?

You wanker! Everything metal there is made of monkey metal!

See mazak, stainless steel, iron, metal, zinc, junk

3.

Plastic that has been coated in a metallic coating to make it look like it's made of metal.

WTF, this isn't metallic, it's monkey metal. *flicks object to prove it's not metallic*

See metal, plastic, monkey, cheap, tacky