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donkey voter

donkey voter noun: a voter who casts a donkey vote.

Noun

donkey voter (plural donkey voters)

  1. (Australia) A voter who casts a donkey vote.
    • One is the donkey vote, which is thought to account for three per cent. of all votes cast. Donkey voters mark their papers one-two-three straight down the ticket.1963, Nation, numbers 110-134, page 83
    • We can estimate the numbers of donkey voters because the ALP Senate candidate Healy headed the Senate list at the same election.1967, Raewyn Connell, Florence Gould, Politics of the Extreme Right: Warringah 1966, page 89

Forms of donkey voter

pluraldonkey voters
alternative formdonkey-voter

Origin of donkey voter

From donkey vote + -er (agent noun suffix).

Questions about donkey voter

What does donkey voter mean?
Donkey voter means a voter who casts a donkey vote.
What part of speech is donkey voter?
Donkey voter is a noun.
What is the plural of donkey voter?
The plural of donkey voter is donkey voters.

Words near donkey voter in the dictionary

  1. donkey stone
  2. donkey stones
  3. donkey stool
  4. donkey stools
  5. donkey vote
  6. donkey voter
  7. donkey voters
  8. donkey votes
  9. donkey work
  10. donkey's
  11. donkey's ears

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