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donkey engine definition

donkey engine

  1. a small steam engine, esp. one used on a ship as for lifting cargo
  2. ☆ a small locomotive

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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