donkey's years
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donkey's years
Where it comes from
1876 or earlier. Possibly chosen because donkeys can be long-lived animals. Likely directly related to donkey's ears, a less frequently used rhyming slang term for years.https://wordhistories.net/2016/06/30/donkeys-years/
noun donkeys' years · donkey's
- A long time, years and years. Didn't you ask him how long it had been in his possession? I can't recollect that. I might have done so. Didn't he say for years and years and donkey's years?
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@misc{donkey_s_years_2026,
title = {donkey's years},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/donkey's%20years},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
