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donkey-boys

donkey-boys is the plural of donkey-boy.

donkey-boys is the third-person singular simple present indicative of donkey-boy.

Meaning of donkey-boy

Noun

donkey-boy (plural donkey-boys)

  1. A person (usually, but not always, a boy) who cares for and drives a donkey that carries a tourist or the luggage of a tourist.
    • He said, further, that, in the whole course of his experience, north and south, he had never fallen in with any to match the Cairo donkey-boys.1869, Howard Hopley, Under Egyptian Palms; or, Three Bachelors' Journeys On the Nile

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Questions about donkey-boys

What is donkey-boys the plural of?
Donkey-boys is the plural of donkey-boy.

Words near donkey-boys in the dictionary

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

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