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2 definitions found 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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