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pack animal

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Definition of pack animal

as in ass

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Recent Examples of pack animal The long-distance trade is particularly impressive considering pre-Columbian North America’s only pack animal was the dog. — Adam Crepelle, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 Nov. 2025 All this was built with only basic tools, pack animals and human muscle – the latter supplied by some 9,000 laborers, roughly one-quarter of whom were recent immigrants from Ireland. — Matthew Smith, The Conversation, 20 Oct. 2025 But Hani has brought her along more as a companion than as a pack animal. — Literary Hub, 21 May 2025 There was as yet no donkey or other docile pack animal, no horse that wasn’t wild, no wheel and hence no wagon. — Literary Hub, 15 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for pack animal

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When my fellow guest would leave us at lunch, Great Bear sent out the bad-ass female snowboarders on the lodge staff to join.

— Jen Murphy, Travel + Leisure, 20 July 2026
Every drop hits like a quake, and each muscular beat compels you to shake your ass.

— Kiana Mickles, Pitchfork, 17 July 2026

Definition of ass

Noun

Adults must crawl through doorways, buildings look like dollhouses and dwarf goats and donkeys hunker in the animal section.

— John Metcalfe, Mercury News, 13 July 2026
Officials said a mix of exotic animals, livestock and domestic pets were living on the property, including dogs, cats, chickens, ducks, geese, donkeys, goats and pigs.

— Anthony Thompson, USA Today, 10 July 2026

Definition of donkey

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Some common options for hanging pots include succulents like burro's tail or string of pearls, trailing lantana, and trailing verbena.

— Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 3 July 2026
Drive the 14-mile, impossibly scenic Needles Highway and 18-mile Wildlife Loop through grasslands and forest—but be prepared to brake for bison and burros!

— Robert Annis, Midwest Living, 14 May 2026

Definition of burro

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Still, the show never gets beyond Russ being a showboating jackass and Chad being the low-IQ projection of a showboating jackass.

— Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 26 Sep. 2025
Eminem In the first film, Joe Flaherty's character famously heckles Happy by repeatedly calling him a jackass right before he's set to putt.

— Lauren Huff Published, EW.com, 25 July 2025

Definition of jackass

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