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doty

American  
[doh-tee] / ˈdoʊ ti /

adjective

Chiefly South Midland and Southern U.S.
dotier, dotiest
  1. (of wood) decayed.


Etymology

Origin of doty

First recorded in 1880–85; dote + -y 1


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I was mistaken, for the root was pretty doty and the otter had broken the root and gone with my trap.

From Fifty Years a Hunter and Trapper Autobiography, experiences and observations of Eldred Nathaniel Woodcock during his fifty years of hunting and trapping. by Eldred Nathaniel Woodcock

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 Ellen Anderson Gholson Glasgow

"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 Ellen Anderson Gholson Glasgow

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 John McElroy

"That old Judge is doty," declared the young man with a tone of conviction.

From The Sheriffs Bluff 1908 by Thomas Nelson Page

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