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donkey's years

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donkey's years

  (informal)

a very long time I've been doing this job for donkey's years.

See donkey work

See also: year

donkey's years

A long time, as in I haven't seen her in donkey's years. This expression punningly alludes to the considerable length of the animal's ears. [Early 1900s]

See also: year