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Meanings of dead donkey in English

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Usage of dead donkey in English
1
They thought I was really a dead donkey and began to eat me.
The Adventures of Pinocchio
2
The load was taken from the dead donkey's back and placed upon the horse.
Fifty Famous Fables
3
Hillyard has remarked, "almost as rare a sight as a dead donkey."
Lawn Tennis for Ladies
4
When the meal was over they once more stretched out on the dead donkey and slept.
Original Short Stories — Volume 03
5
The old bear is not going to drop his dead donkey without a snap and a hug.
Two Years Ago, Volume II.
6
Instead of a little dead donkey he saw a live puppet, who was wriggling like an eel.
Pinocchio: The Tale of a Puppet
7
At this clearing were a number of Aturans standing around a dead donkey lying near a cart.
The Wise Man’s Fear
8
Instead of a dead donkey, he saw a very much alive Marionette, wriggling and squirming like an eel.
The Adventures of Pinocchio
9
At the time, religion seemed to be on the back-burner and it felt like kicking a dead donkey.
The Guardian
10
None of you has ever seen a dead donkey, and the others had to be content with this cryptic answer.
Animal Farm
11
How I should enjoy opening a mullet or a whitefish just to find there the tail of a dead donkey!
The Adventures of Pinocchio
12
You know now why you found a Marionette and not a dead donkey when you pulled me out of the water.
The Adventures of Pinocchio
13
If you tell me that a dead donkey smells bad, I'm quite prepared to believe you without poking my nose into it.
South Wind
14
Before doing so, however, I proceeded to view the dead donkey, which I found to have been only slightly devoured it the quarters.
The Man-Eaters of Tsavo, and Other East African Adventures
15
I asked them what they do with the dead donkeys.
Reuters
16
At least he rather thought they were dead donkeys.
Adventures of a Despatch Rider
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Dead donkey across language varieties
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