doit
Also duit [doit, dahyt] /dɔɪt, daɪt/ . an old small copper coin of the Netherlands and Dutch colonies, first issued in the 17th century.
a bit or trifle.
Origin of doit
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How to use doit in a sentence
Et pour ce le premier secours doit estre cette Republique, & non ce qui a le pretexte de piet.
Nous ne savons aux soin de quel diteur on doit de nous l'avoir fait connatre.
L'envie de me rendre utile, dont tout citoyen doit tre anim, m'a fait entreprendre l'ouvrage que je prsente au Public.
Baron d'Holbach | Max Pearson CushingPerhaps his woman has gone bad on him or he has played his last copper doit at gambling.
Where the Pavement Ends | John RussellAs Trinculo observes, “When they will not give a doit to relieve a lame beggar, they will lay out ten to see a dead Indian.”
How Shakspere Came to Write the Tempest | Rudyard Kipling
British Dictionary definitions for doit
/ (dɔɪt) /
a former small copper coin of the Netherlands
a trifle
Origin of doit
1Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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