donkn.
/dɒŋk/ colloquial.
= donkey n.
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the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > [noun] > equus asinus (ass) > domesticated ass or donkey
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1916 J. B. Cooper Coo-oo-ee xvi. 241 The men from Ironbark were arrested at the appearance of the long narrow lorries, and the ‘donks’, or donkeys, in them.
1919 Athenæum 8 Aug. 727/2 Mules were ‘donks’.
1922 ‘R. Crompton’ More William (1924) xii. 206 Look out for the donk, you ole ass.
1957 E. Blunden Poems of Many Years 288 The old East Window..Where Jesus used to perch On that plump donkey bound for Egypt, yes, That was a work of art,—the donk no less.
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