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donkey's years

donkey's years
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Definitions of donkey's years words

  • noun donkey's years a very long time; eons. 1
  • phrase donkey's years For donkey's years means for a very long time. 0
  • noun donkey's years a long time 0
  • noun donkey's years a very long time 0
  • noun donkey's years (Idiomatic) A long time, years and years. 0
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Origin of donkey's years

First appearance:

before 1895
One of the 18% newest English words
1895-1900; probably orig. donkey('s) ears, as rhyming slang for years, with years replacing ears once rhyming orig. was forgotten

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Parts of speech for Donkey's years

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
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donkey's years popularity

This term is known only to a narrow circle of people with rare knowledge. Only 1% of English native speakers know the meaning of this word.
According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

Synonyms for donkey's years

noun donkey's years

  • time immemorial — Also called time out of mind. time in the distant past beyond memory or record: Those carvings have been there from time immemorial.
  • time out of mind — time immemorial (def 1).
  • aeon — An aeon is an extremely long period of time.
  • forever and a day — without ever ending; eternally: to last forever.
  • coon's age — a long time
All 5 Synonyms of donkey's years

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