jenny-ass
jenny-ass noun: a female donkey.
Noun
jenny-ass (plural jenny-asses)
- A female donkey.
- […] this little donkey could not be trusted in the road, for it was always getting under the wheels, because it would not let its mother, a fine fat old jenny ass in the shafts, alone.c. 1849, G. Herbert Rodwell, Old London Bridge, London: Henry Lea, Chapter 15, p. 158
- But a man who holds so tightly to what he calls his rights over what he calls his debts will hold tightly also to what he calls his rights over her whom he calls his wife. No sir smile neighbour shall covet his ox or his wife or his manservant or his maidservant or his jackass. / —Or his jennyass...1922 February 2, James Joyce, Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company […], →OCLC
Synonyms of jenny-ass
Forms of jenny-ass
| plural | jenny-asses |
|---|---|
| alternative form | jennyass |
Questions about jenny-ass
- What does jenny-ass mean?
- Jenny-ass means a female donkey.
- What part of speech is jenny-ass?
- Jenny-ass is a noun.
- What is the plural of jenny-ass?
- The plural of jenny-ass is jenny-asses.
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