Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- An obsolete (Scotch) variant of
dote . - noun A small copper coin (the eighth part of a stiver) formerly current in the Netherlands and the Dutch colonies, and worth about a farthing.
- noun Any trifling coin or sum of money.
- noun Hence A trifle: as, I care not a doit.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A small Dutch coin, worth about half a farthing; also, a similar small coin once used in Scotland; hence, any small piece of money.
- noun A thing of small value.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun historical A small Dutch
coin , equivalent to one-eighth of astiver . - noun archaic A small amount; a
bit , ajot .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb have sexual intercourse with
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Examples
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A l'oral, le contexte de la phrase doit permettre de savoir de quel mot il s'agit.
French Word-A-Day: 2004
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A l'oral, le contexte de la phrase doit permettre de savoir de quel mot il s'agit.
French Word-A-Day: 2004
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A l'oral, le contexte de la phrase doit permettre de savoir de quel mot il s'agit.
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A l'oral, le contexte de la phrase doit permettre de savoir de quel mot il s'agit.
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A l'oral, le contexte de la phrase doit permettre de savoir de quel mot il s'agit.
French Word-A-Day: 2004
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Veuillez donc bien, Monsieur, vous prêter à cet arrangement, dont les personnes intéressées ne manqueront pas certainement de vous tenir compte, vos droits sur la fabrication n'étant, d'ailleurs, que retardés, puisque le coin doit être refait.
The Medallic History of the United States of America 1776-1876 J. F. Loubat
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Jack, to his own shame, follows Willie into the muck by digging up "doit" (as they call it in Louisiana) on his own loving mentor, Judge Irwin (Philip Davidson), for political gain.
The Seattle Times 2008
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Jack, to his own shame, follows Willie into the muck by digging up "doit" (as they call it in Louisiana) on his own loving mentor, Judge Irwin (Philip Davidson), for political gain.
The Seattle Times 2008
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Jack, to his own shame, follows Willie into the muck by digging up "doit" (as they call it in Louisiana) on his own loving mentor, Judge Irwin (Philip Davidson), for political gain.
The Seattle Times 2008
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AutoHotkey Community 2009
yarb commented on the word doit
Citation on bustle.
October 2, 2008
bilby commented on the word doit
"Friends now fast sworn,
Whose double bosoms seems to wear one heart,
Whose hours, whose bed, whose meal and exercise
Are still together, who twin, as 'twere, in love
Unseparable, shall within this hour,
On a dissension of a doit, break out
To bitterest enmity..."
- William Shakespeare, 'The Tragedy of Coriolanus'.
August 29, 2009
chained_bear commented on the word doit
"'Oh, here.' He brought out a small plastic bag and carefully poured a handful of tiny copper coins into a pile alongside the other money.
'Doits,' he explained. 'The smallest denomination of Scottish coinage at the time.'"
—Diana Gabaldon, Voyager (NY: Dell, 1994), 290
January 14, 2010
yarb commented on the word doit
So likewise of his syder, the pore man might haue his moderate draught of it (as there is a moderation in all things) as well for his doit or his dandiprat, as the rich man for his halfe souse or his denier.
- Thomas Nashe, The Unfortunate Traveller, 1594
March 6, 2010
erinmckean commented on the word doit
"an abbreviation of do it" (from Aspendale Primary School, Melbourne)
December 9, 2015
MaryW commented on the word doit
small coin:
Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island (1883), ch. 31February 10, 2019