noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
donkey jacket
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
jacket
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The man was wearing a donkey jacket and overalls.
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The man in the donkey jacket began to walk towards the back door.
work
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Some analysts express concern that the new systems will be less secure and incapable of doing donkey work like batch processing.
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Donkeys have no objection to donkey work , but they can not stand being taken for racehorses or tractors.
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This has its own 80188 processor on-board, so the cache relieves the main processor of some of the donkey work .
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Hence the donkey work is taken out of learning how to set everything up.
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One of the joys of the Atlas is the availability of mules to do the donkey work of load carrying.
■ VERB
ride
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Here are old buses with wooden bench seats, and farmers riding donkeys .
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They did not want to wait until the Messiah came riding on his donkey .
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In some parts of the world you may still see the male peasant riding his donkey as his wife walks alongside.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
talk the hind leg(s) off a donkey
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Police in Ballymoney, Co Antrim, yesterday confirmed the donkey was stolen.
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Shelter is essential - especially for donkeys.
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The donkey decided to go to Bremen, a town where everyone played music.
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The rugged terrain is inhabited by deer, antelopes and, locals say, wild donkeys.
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The students dissected donkeys rather than horses and even Coleman used donkey material to demonstrate horse muscles.
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When he made his rounds on a light-gray donkey , people bowed their heads and dared not look at his face.