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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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 wants men—not loblolly boys—and so long as he gets them he cares not a doit where they come from.
From The Strange Adventures of Captain Dangerous, Vol. 1 Who was a sailor, a soldier, a merchant, a spy, a slave among the moors... by George Augustus Sala
I haven’t done anything wrong; I haven’t squandered anything—not a doit of my inheritance!
From Walter Pieterse A Story of Holland by Multatuli
He thus briefly states, with his usual humour and vivacity, his conversation with Voltaire as to the garden at Ferney: P. de L.—Monsieur, Monsieur, cela doit vous coupé beaucoup, quel charmant jardin!
From On the Portraits of English Authors on Gardening, with Biographical Notices of Them, 2nd edition, with considerable additions by Samuel Felton
And to save a doit on the pound.
From Walter Pieterse A Story of Holland by Multatuli
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