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A talking donkey from the English children's book series Winnie-the-Pooh, noted for his melancholy and drowsiness.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
An excessively negative or pessimistic person.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively
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History
From the donkey in A.A. Milne's books Winnie-the-Pooh and The House at Pooh Corner, whose name is onomatopoeic from a donkey's bray (compare hee-haw).
Across languages
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