doty
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of doty
Example Sentences
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"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
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 Fox, John
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
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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