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donkey's years
15 ENTRIES FOUND:
donkey's years
(noun)
golden years
(noun)
academic year
(noun)
calendar year
(noun)
financial year
(noun)
fiscal year
(noun)
gap year
(noun)
glory
(noun)
leap year
(noun)
light–year
(noun)
million
(noun)
off year
(noun)
thousand
(noun)
year
(noun)
young
(adjective)
donkey's years
noun
donkey's years
noun
Britannica Dictionary definition of DONKEY'S YEARS
[
plural
]
chiefly British, informal
:
a very long time
It's been
donkey's years
[=
ages
] since I saw her.
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