donkey engine
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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In French waters he became a practical mariner, laid cables with a donkey engine, came home on a terrifically tough voyage aboard the surrendered German submarine, U-117.
From Time Magazine Archive
I did that when I was 13 or 14 years old and firing a donkey engine in timber territory.
From Time Magazine Archive
In its closing days, the smooth-running 80th Congress clanked and rattled like a leaky donkey engine.
From Time Magazine Archive
If we put on a donkey engine we’d snatch the bow out of here before we could lift the hook.
From The Lady and the Pirate Being the Plain Tale of a Diligent Pirate and a Fair Captive by Mathes, Harry A.
The cabins were stuffy and the clamour of the donkey engine made him restless.
From The Island Mystery by Birmingham, George A.
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