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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Donkey \Don"key\, n.; pl {Donkeys}. [Prob. dun, in allusion to
the color of the animal + a dim. termination.]
1. An ass; or (less frequently) a mule.
2. A stupid or obstinate fellow; an ass.
{Donkey engine}, a small auxiliary engine not used for
propelling, but for pumping water into the boilers,
raising heavy weights, and like purposes.
{Donkey pump}, a steam pump for feeding boilers,
extinguishing fire, etc.; -- usually an auxiliary.
{Donkey's eye} (Bot.), the large round seed of the {Mucuna
pruriens}, a tropical leguminous plant.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
donkey
n 1: the symbol of the Democratic Party; introduced in cartoons
by Thomas Nast in 1874
2: domestic beast of burden descended from the African wild
ass; patient but stubborn [syn: {domestic ass}, {Equus
asinus}]
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