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Freezing, cold enough to freeze the balls off a [brass monkey]. Seems to be a Yorkshire term, not surprising, lots of words for cold up there. > By Eck! It's nithering out there. Whippet's nearly frozen tut street.

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  1. Freezing, cold enough to freeze the balls off a [brass monkey]. Seems to be a Yorkshire term, not surprising, lots of words for cold up there. > By Eck! It's nithering out there. Whippet's nearly frozen tut street.