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donkey
Noun
The oldest brother gets the mill, the middle a donkey, and the youngest a cat.
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Rivka Galchen,
New Yorker,
6 Sep. 2025
Barker Sternberg and her husband, Andy Sternberg, have five donkeys and one horse at their Lone Jack farm.
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