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['doŋki]1) (a domesticated animal with long ears related to the horse but smaller.) asni2) (a stupid person: Don't be such a donkey!) asni, bjáni•- donkey's years/ages
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donkey work — Informal. tedious, repetitious work; drudgery. Also, donkeywork /dong kee werrk , dawng , dung /. [1915 20] * * * donkey work UK US noun [uncountable] informal boring work that needs a lot of effort but has to be done as part of a job Why do I… … Useful english dictionary
donkey work — N SING: usu the N If you do the donkey work, you do the hard work or the less interesting part of the work that needs to be done. [BRIT, INFORMAL] … English dictionary
donkey work — noun Hard, boring, routine work. Why does everyone else get the interesting work while I have to do all the donkey work? … Wiktionary
donkey work — British, American & Australian, informal, American, informal hard, boring work. Why do I have to do all the donkey work while you get to do the interesting stuff? … New idioms dictionary
donkey work — This expression is used to describe the unpleasant, repetitive or boring parts of a job. I do the donkey work my boss gets the credit! … English Idioms & idiomatic expressions
donkey work — UK / US noun [uncountable] informal boring work that needs a lot of effort but has to be done as part of a job Why do I have to do all the donkey work? … English dictionary
The Donkey Sanctuary — Founder(s) Elisabeth Svendsen Founded 1969 Location Sidmouth, Devon, England Key people Robert Crawford, Professor Jim Duncan Stuart W. J. Reid, John Sewell Rutter Bill Tetlow, Cathy Thompson Rosalind de Wesselow Area served … Wikipedia
donkey work — ► NOUN informal ▪ the laborious part of a job … English terms dictionary
donkey-work — The heavy or unexciting part of an operation, donkey s years (For) a long time … A concise dictionary of English slang
donkey work — noun Brit. informal the laborious part of a job … English new terms dictionary
ˈdonkey ˌwork — noun [U] informal the boring part of a job that needs a lot of effort … Dictionary for writing and speaking English