donkey n
   1 1987 Evening Telegram 27 Apr, p. 7 [tape transcript] Fish was packed in half-drums, drums, casks, donkeys, and various kinds of barrels.
   4 Phr donkey's breakfast: sealer's mattress.
   1989 CANDOW 88 The sealer's mattress, known as a 'donkey's breakfast,' consisted of a cloth sack stuffed with straw or wood chips, and each man had to supply the stuffing himself.

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