donkey — English Dictionary

Noun

1. A domestic animal, Equus asinus asinus, similar to a horse.

   Synonyms

   Jerusalem pony

   Broader terms

   assequineequidmammalanimalcreaturecritter

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   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

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   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?[…]

2. A stubborn person.

3. A fool.

4. A small auxiliary engine.

   Synonyms

   donkey engine

5. A box or chest, especially a toolbox.

   Usage

   • Dated
   • Slang

6. A bad poker player.

   Usage

   • Slang

7. A sailor's storage chest.

   Usage

   • UK usage

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   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.

Noun

1. the symbol of the Democratic Party; introduced in cartoons by Thomas Nast in 1874

   Broader terms

   emblemallegory

2. domestic beast of burden descended from the African wild ass; patient but stubborn

   Synonyms

   domestic assEquus asinus

   Broader terms

   ass