jennet

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Recent Examples of jennet Because donkeys breed slowly—a jennet typically produces a foal only every other year—the drain is rapidly depleting Africa’s herd. — Michael Schuman, The Atlantic, 21 Apr. 2024
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  1. jenny
  2. donkey
  3. burro
  4. ass
Noun
  • Groezinger recommends growing ‘Blush Strokes’ in a container with apricot-colored petunias, white Angelonia, and creeping jenny.
    — Teresa Woodard, Midwest Living, 4 Aug. 2026
  • Creeping jenny is a mat-forming perennial with round lime-green leaves that works well in tall containers or hanging baskets.
    — Kerry Michaels, The Spruce, 17 Apr. 2026
Definition of jenny
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  • In his incident report, Garner wrote that another officer activated a Taser's electrical arc to try to scare the donkey away, but HeeHaw continued approaching.
    — Christopher Harris, CBS News, 12 Oct. 2026
  • These days, Bragg lives with Margaret nearby, in a red-cedar cabin on forty acres of pastureland grazed upon by two miniature donkeys.
    — Charles Bethea, New Yorker, 9 Oct. 2026
Definition of donkey
Noun
  • The big, biting burros are more than a match for a wolf, or two.
    — Jack Dolan, Los Angeles Times, 8 Oct. 2026
  • Come for the design, stay for the tagliolini cacio e burro (fresh pasta with butter and cheese).
    — Laura Itzkowitz, Vogue, 4 Sep. 2026
Definition of burro
Noun
  • The woman makes a gesture meaning, Comfortable enough on that little seat, with that pill up your ass, hon?
    — George Saunders, New Yorker, 18 Oct. 2026
  • The second will follow him as a young man, fresh off the bus in ‘country-ass’ Jefferson City in the early 1970s.
    — Selome Hailu, Variety, 14 Oct. 2026
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“Jennet.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jennet. Accessed 20 Oct. 2026.

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