donkeys
plural of donkey
Source: Wiktionary
Don"key, n.; pl. Donkeys. Etym: [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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
6 May 2024
(noun) freedom of choice; “liberty of opinion”; “liberty of worship”; “liberty--perfect liberty--to think or feel or do just as one pleases”; “at liberty to choose whatever occupation one wishes”
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