doty
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of doty
Example Sentences
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Nurse, will you please remember that I am Lady Utterword, and not Miss Addy, nor lovey, nor darling, nor doty?
From Heartbreak House by Shaw, Bernard
"That old Judge is doty," declared the young man with a tone of conviction.
From The Sheriffs Bluff 1908 by Page, Thomas Nelson
"The old gentleman was as poor as Job's turkey then, besides going doty mighty fast."
From The Deliverance; a romance of the Virginia tobacco fields by Glasgow, Ellen Anderson Gholson
Well, he warn't more'n ten years old when his pa went doty an' died, an' I don't reckon he's had much larnin' sence.
From The Deliverance; a romance of the Virginia tobacco fields by Glasgow, Ellen Anderson Gholson
No; Oi've not bin on extry doty for narely two wakes now, but it's about due.
From Si Klegg, Book 6 (of 6) Si And Shorty, With Their Boy Recruits, Enter On The Atlanta Campaign by McElroy, John
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