Usually means: Wish fulfillment with unintended consequences.
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  1. monkey-paw, monkey paw: Dictionary.com
  2. Monkey paw: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  3. monkey paw: Wiktionary

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  1. Monkey Paw: Urban Dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (Monkey paw)

noun:  (idiomatic, usually attributive) Alternative form of monkey's paw. [(idiomatic, usually attributive) A situation in which a wish or desire has been fulfilled, but at significant cost or with ironic, usually unfavourable consequences.]


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