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donkey noun- a black person US, 1857
- Tell me, Dadier, what do you think of kikes and mockies and micks and donkeys and frogs and niggers, Dadier. — Evan Hunter, The Blackboard Jungle, p. 209, 1954
- a manual labourer US, 1932
- — Norman Carlisle, The Modern Wonder Book of Trains and Railroading, p. 262, 1946
- a fool UK, 1840
- Some bastards take me for a donkey and that’s for sure! — Barry Humphries, Bazza Pulls It Off!, 1971
- (especially in South Australia) a lift on a bicycle AUSTRALIA, 1981
- As a child living in Adelaide we always used the word “donkey” if we wanted a ride on the back of someones bike. It was always, “can I have a donkey?” — Wordmap (www.abc.net.au/wordmap), 2003
- a resident of Guernsey (in the Channel Islands) according to those on Jersey UK
- Residents of Jersey call residents of Guernsey donkeys. There is a strong rivalry between the two islands. — John Lahr, Dame Edna Everage and the Rise of Western Civilisation, p. 198, 1991
▶ pull your donkey (used of a male) to masturbate US- They’d be pulling their donkeys all night, beating their meat, whispering back and forth. — Robert Campbell, Sweet La-La Land, p. 136, 1990
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