donkey

Definitions

1. donkey, especially one used as a pack animal
2. A domestic animal, Equus asinus asinus, similar to a horse.
3. a dunce, an idiot
4. hard, uninteresting work. We have a computer now, which saves us a lot of donkey-work. donkiewerk عَمَل شاق неблагодарна работа trabalho pesado monotónní práce die Plackerei slæb; surt arbejde αγγαρεία, δουλειά ρουτίνας trabajo pesado nüri töö خرکاری rutiinityö le gros travail עֲבוֹדָה מְפָרֶכֶת अरूचिकर एवं कठिन कार्य magareći posao gépies munka kerja keras leiðindavinna, puð (il lavoro più ingrato/faticoso) 骨折り仕事 단조롭고 고된 일 juodas darbas smags, apnicīgs darbs pekerjaan yang menjemukan slavenw...
5. A stubborn person.
6. a well-hung man
7. a very long time. It's donkey's years since I was last there. donkie jare سَنَوات طَويلَه цяла вечност imenso tempo celá věčnost eine Ewigkeit evighed siden χρόνια και ζαμάνια siglos, mucho tiempo terve igavik مدت مدید؛ زمان طولانی iäisyys une éternité הָרבֵּה זְמָן लंबे समय बाद dug period „ezer éve” lama sekali heil eilífð, ár og dagar, langt um liðið molto tempo, secoli 長い間 아주 오랫동안 labai seniai, labai ilgai ļoti ilgs laiks; vesela mūžība lama betul lange tijd hel evighet, år og dag kawał cz...
8. A fool.
9. A small auxiliary engine.
10. sawhorse
11. The domesticated ass (Equus asinus), having long ears and a loud bray.
    (Equus asinus),
12. A box or chest, especially a toolbox.
    dated, slang
13. old maid (card game)
14. Slang An obstinate person.
    Slang
15. A bad poker player.
    slang
16. Slang A stupid person.
    Slang
17. A sailor's storage chest.
    UK
18. (Animals) Also called: ass a long-eared domesticated member of the horse family (Equidae), descended from the African wild ass (Equus asinus)
    Equidae
19. a stupid or stubborn person
20. (Soccer) slang derogatory Brit a footballer known for his or her lack of skill: the players are a bunch of overpriced and overrated donkeys.
    slang
21. talk the hind leg(s) off a donkey to talk endlessly
22. a domesticated ass, Equus asinus.

Equivalents

Examples

“Lost last⟳ Saturday between twenty and thirty shillings they that have⟳ found it please⟳ to leave⟳ it heare there is five shillings reward⟳ by Wm. Roberts that goeth with a Donkey with many thanks”

“DONKEY, donkey dick, a he, or jack ass, called donkey, perhaps from the Spanish, or don like⟳ gravity of that animal, entitled also the king of Spain's trumpeter”

“I vow we must be near the place⟳ from where The two converging slides, the avalanches, On Marshall, look⟳ like⟳ donkey's ears. We may as well see⟳ that and save⟳ the day.” “Don't donkey's ears suggest⟳ we shake⟳ our own⟳? 'For God's sake, aren't you fond of viewing nature?[…]”

“The chest may be found among those who stick⟳ to the sailing vessels, but for the steamer, the donkey died its natural death when the Suez Canal—responsible for many changes at sea—became an accomplished fact.”

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