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donkey-boying

donkey-boying is the present participle and gerund of donkey-boy.

Meaning of donkey-boy

Verb

donkey-boy (third-person singular simple present donkey-boys, present participle donkey-boying, simple past and past participle donkey-boyed)

  1. (ambitransitive) To work as a donkey-boy (for)
    • But no, she said, 'He be "donkey-boying" down on the sands at L—. Wonderful set on donkeys his mind has been ever since the time he was a boy; seems like they was fellow-beings for him.'1907, Horace Gordon Hutchinson, Nature's Moods and Tenses, page 282

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Questions about donkey-boying

What is donkey-boying the present participle and gerund of?
Donkey-boying is the present participle and gerund of donkey-boy.

Words near donkey-boying in the dictionary

  1. donkey's ears
  2. donkey's eye
  3. donkey's years
  4. donkey-boy
  5. donkey-boyed
  6. donkey-boying
  7. donkey-boys
  8. donkey-punch
  9. donkey-punched
  10. donkey-punches
  11. donkey-punching

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Adapted from Wiktionary: donkey-boying (page history and authors); donkey-boy (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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