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Answer for the clue "Donkey, often ", 6 letters:
brayer

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Word definitions for brayer in dictionaries

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Brayer \Bray"er\, n. An implement for braying and spreading ink in hand printing.

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
A brayer is a hand-tool used historically in printing and printmaking to break up and "rub out" (spread) ink before it was "beaten" using inking balls or composition rollers . The word is derived from the verb to "bray", meaning "to break, pound, or grind ...

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 (label en printing) A hand printing roller used in to spread a thin even layer of ink. 2 One who brays, or makes the sound of a donkey.

Usage examples of brayer.

God who made me, you can give a two-bray advantage to the greatest and most expert brayer in the world, because your sound is loud, your voice sustained, with the correct time and rhythm, your inflections numerous and rapid: in short, I admit defeat, and surrender the palm, and hand you the banner for this rare ability.

Not a brayer, like the ones you saw before, a woman who works hard at whatever comes to hand.

Toni Brayer of Cal Pacific Medical Center, and I told her that I needed to talk to someone before I went into shock myself.