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donkey definition

don·key (däŋ′kē, dôŋ′-; also, duŋ′-)

noun pl. donkeys -·keys

  1. a domesticated ass
  2. a person regarded as stupid, foolish, or obstinate

Etymology: also earlier donky: late slang, rhyming with and patterned after monkey: < ? Duncan or < ? dun

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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