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Donkey's years

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Noun
  1. 1
    A long time, years and years. Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, idiomatic, plural, plural-only

    "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?"

Etymology

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/

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