doit
Americannoun
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Also duit an old small copper coin of the Netherlands and Dutch colonies, first issued in the 17th century.
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a bit or trifle.
noun
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a former small copper coin of the Netherlands
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a trifle
Etymology
Origin of doit
First recorded in 1585–95, doit is from the Dutch word duit
Example Sentences
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Shakespeare, for example, in Henry V., refers to it thus:— “And let us doit with no show of fear; No! with no more than if we heard that England Were busied with a Whitsun Morris-dance.”
From England in the Days of Old by William Andrews
Still take me, a mere miserable doit; an earnest, an instalment towards the payment of the debt of love and loyalty, that shall require a life to liquidate, then leave me bankrupt in untold arrears.”
From The Advocate by Charles Heavysege
He had forgotten the key in his money-box, and, on going home, the last doit had disappeared.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 377, March 1847 by Various
As far as that goes, I do not want a doit of it,—not a penny-piece.
From Lady Anna by Anthony Trollope
“Il doit faire un beau mariage,” said Jeanne, with stony calm.
From The Rough Road by William John Locke
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