doty
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of doty
Example Sentences
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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
"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
"That old Judge is doty," declared the young man with a tone of conviction.
From The Sheriffs Bluff 1908 by Thomas Nelson Page
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
An hour later, he came upon a hollow tree, filled with doty wood which he could tear out with his hands and he built a fire and broiled a little more bacon.
From The Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come by John Fox
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