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donkeyman

noun

Etymology

From donkey + -man.

  1. derived from don
  2. inherited from *donekie✻ — “a miniature dun horse”
  3. suffixed as donkeyman — “donkey + man”

Definitions

  1. The person who operates a donkey engine.

  2. The person in charge of a ship's engine room.

    • One of the stokers was disabled, the others had given in, the second engineer and the donkey-man were firing-up. The third engineer was standing by the steam-valve. The engines were being tended by hand.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA