Definitions

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun Prov. Eng. See do-naught.

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Examples

  • a ‘donnat’, or ‘donet’ (Chaucer), from Donatus, a famous grammarian.

    English Past and Present Richard Chenevix Trench 1846

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  • A good-for-nothing person. Also donnot.

    June 24, 2011