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Definition of Jenny ass
1. Noun. Female donkey.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Jenny Ass
Literary usage of Jenny ass
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Comparative Studies in Nursery Rhymes by Lina Eckenstein (1906)
"... Betty-ass, Jenny-ass, in form closely correspond to Jack-daw, Magpie, and
Jenny Wren of the feathered tribe. The word Jack-ass moreover is applied both ..."
2. All the Year Round by Charles Dickens (1870)
"It is true that wo once heard of a camel being married to a jenny-ass ; when the
ass, looking up to the camel, said, ' Bless me, what a bridegroom ! ..."
3. Publications by English Dialect Society (1896)
"Dicky. An ass, male or female. Dicky ABB. A male ass; the female being usually
called a jenny ass or a Betty ass. ..."
4. The Cyclopædia of India and of Eastern and Southern Asia: Commercial by Edward Balfour (1885)
"... his route from Ur of the Chaldees towards Horan (Karra) on his way to Canaan.
See Terah. ASS, Donkey, Jack Ass, jenny ass. Khamar, . . . ARAB. Gadda, . ..."
5. The Vocabulary of East Anglia: An Attempt to Record the Vulgar Tongue of the by Robert Forby (1830)
"DICKY-ASS, s. a male ass; the female being usually called a jenny ass, or a Betty
ass. DIDDER, ». to have a quivering of the chin through cold. BR. ..."
6. A Budget of Paradoxes by Augustus De Morgan (1872)
"Spinoza says it was a jenny ass, and that a man would not have been so foolish ;
but whether the compliment is paid to human or to masculine character does ..."
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