Meaning of donkey-boy | Babel Free

Definitions

A person (usually, but not always, a boy) who cares for and drives a donkey that carries a tourist or the luggage of a tourist.

Examples

“He said, further, that, in the whole course of his experience, north and south, he had never fallen in with any to match the Cairo donkey-boys.”

“But the people upon the rock had no time to think of the cruel fate of the donkey-boys..”

“All our donkey-boys, except Joseph, seemed to be called Mohammed, and Joseph's name was not really Joseph—he had only adopted it for the convenience of English patrons.”

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