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Meaning of donkeyman | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. The person who operates a donkey engine.
  2. The person in charge of a ship's engine room.

Examples

“One of the stokers was disabled, the others had given in, the second engineer and the donkey-man were firing-up. The third engineer was standing by the steam-valve. The engines were being tended by hand.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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