What is the meaning of Donkey?

A domestic animal, Equus asinus asinus, similar to a horse.

A stubborn person.

A fool.

A small auxiliary engine.

A box or chest, especially a toolbox.

A bad poker player.

British sea term for a sailor's storage chest.

Barnhart, Robert and Steinmetz, Sol, editors (1988), “donkey”, in The Barnhart Dictionary of Etymology, Bronxville, N.Y.: The H. W. Wilson Co., →ISBN, →OCLC, page 295, column 2.

Onions, C[harles] T., Friedrichsen, G. W. S., and Burchfield, R[obert] W., editors (1966), “donkey”, in The Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 283, column 2; reprinted 1994.

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