doings

/ (ˈduːɪŋz) /

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pl n

deeds, actions or events

British and NZ informal anything of which the name is not known, or euphemistically left unsaid, etchave you got the doings for starting the car?

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Dohnányi, doiled, doily, do in, doing, doings, doink, Doisy, doit, doited, do-it-yourself

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How to use doings in a sentence

All these debates and doings made for juicy news, and the men of the local staff, ably bossed by Callahan, poured it out daily.
The Stacks: H.L. Mencken on the 1904 Baltimore Fire|H.L. Mencken|October 4, 2014|DAILY BEAST
And Wall Street, having been remarkably complacent about the doings in Washington—or lack thereof—is starting to get concerned.
Wall Street Is Starting to Worry About a Potential Government Shutdown|Daniel Gross|September 27, 2013|DAILY BEAST
The man who haunts Wall Street lives unaware of all the street's doings.
David's Bookclub: Bartleby the Scrivener|David Frum|November 26, 2012|DAILY BEAST
By doings so, Barak discovered that their condition improved.
Israel's Private Shame|Matt Beynon Rees|April 21, 2009|DAILY BEAST

Which is why everyone is suddenly an expert on the doings of the SEC and on who lost what.
The Brotherhood of Money|Daphne Merkin|January 2, 2009|DAILY BEAST
If you carry out your work, your doings shall be told to every human soul within a hundred miles of where you stand.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. CCCXXXIX. January, 1844. Vol. LV.|Various
Believe me when I tell you that I never join Morley in any of his sinful doings, especially his drinking bouts.
The Floating Light of the Goodwin Sands|R.M. Ballantyne
Beware therefore that you imitate not the doings of others, and be afraid, and the fear of them should seize upon you.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims Version|Various
People lowered their voice, and spoke of him in mysterious tones, when they mentioned his name and told of his doings.
The World Before Them|Susanna Moodie
If a man prefers not to speak of himself or of his doings, his enemies will soon invent some tale of their own.
The Doctor of Pimlico|William Le Queux

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