dop
noun
a tool for holding gemstones for cutting or polishing.
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dop
1 American
[dop]
/ dɒp /
noun
D.O.P.
2
American
abbreviation
Photography.
dop
British
/ dɒp /
noun
verb
Etymology
Origin of dop
1690–1700; < Dutch: shell, pod, cover
Example Sentences
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A bottle of dop, the contents of which had nearly reached vanishing point, stood on a waggon box in the centre.
From Aletta A Tale of the Boer Invasion by Bertram Mitford
There is no furniture or other sort of household goods in the Sakai's dop.
From My Friends the Savages Notes and Observations of a Perak settler (Malay Peninsula) by I. Stone Sanpietro
De lady make welcome her gast in, Ash he shtep to de dop of de shtair, She look like an angel got lost in A forest of audumn-prown hair.
From The Breitmann Ballads by Charles Godfrey Leland
Dop, dop, v.i. to dip or duck.—n. a diving bird.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) by Various
Dop, dop, n. a copper cup with a wooden handle, in which a gem is soldered to be held while being cut or polished.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) by Various
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