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Meanings of asses in English

Russian
домашний осёл
Spanish
asno
Catalan
ase
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Equine with long ears.

        домашний осёл
        Usage of asses in English
        1
        They had no horses; their baggage came on the backs of asses.
        After London; Or, Wild England
        2
        About two miles from this town some of the asses fell down.
        Life and Travels of Mungo Park
        3
        For the same reason respect asses and sheep and trees and stones.
        The Agony of the Church (1917)
        4
        Bought corn for the asses, and plenty of fowls for the sick.
        The Journal of a Mission to the Interior of Africa, in the Year ...
        5
        The bill for the services of a girl amounted to 8 asses.
        The Satyricon — Volume 06: Editor's Notes
        6
        The very cows and asses stood up large and spectral as shadows.
        John Halifax, Gentleman
        7
        Seize horses or even asses for your men, and ride in hotfoot.
        Told in the East
        8
        Several of the asses fell, and their loads were of course wet.
        The Journal of a Mission to the Interior of Africa, in the Year ...
        9
        They think themselves tremendous heroes, while in reality they are little asses.
        Young Knights of the Empire : Their Code, and Further Scout Yarn...
        10
        STRANGER: I mean that horses and asses naturally breed from one another.
        Statesman
        11
        But they having loaded their asses with the corn went their way.
        The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Old Testament — Part 1
        12
        In the mountains he encountered wolves, wild asses, hyænas, zebras, and eagles.
        Captain Canot; Or, Twenty Years of an African Slaver
        13
        And when the morning arose, they were sent away with their asses.
        The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Old Testament — Part 1
        14
        They were not, in travelling, to ride on any beasts but asses.
        The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Other Principal Saints. J...
        15
        He killed it then and there, having plenty of asses to hand.
        The Forest Lovers
        16
        Many sallied forth to seek the asses, but none could find them.
        The Legends of the Jews — Volume 1
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        Spanish
        asno
        Catalan
        ase
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