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Verb
have a monk on (third-person singular simple present has a monk on, present participle having a monk on, simple past and past participle had a monk on)
- (UK, slang) To be sullen or bad-tempered.
2019, H. A. Dawson, Stumbling in a Smoky Haze:'That's not what bothers me.'
'Really? You've had a monk on ever since you got home last night ... stomping around like a little kid. You're worse than that little deviant.'
References
- 2006, Eric Partridge, Tom Dalzell, Terry Victor, The New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English