doit

[ doit ]

noun

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

First recorded in 1585–95, doit is from the Dutch word duit

Words Nearby 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.
The Jesuit Relations and Allied Documents, Vol. II: Acadia, 1612-1614 | Various
Nous ne savons aux soin de quel diteur on doit de nous l'avoir fait connatre.
Notes and Queries, Number 178, March 26, 1853 | Various
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 Cushing
Perhaps his woman has gone bad on him or he has played his last copper doit at gambling.
Where the Pavement Ends | John Russell
As 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

doit

/ (dɔɪt) /

noun

a former small copper coin of the Netherlands
a trifle

Origin of doit

C16: from Middle Dutch duit

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