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Definition of Doits
1. doit [n] - See also: doit
Lexicographical Neighbors of Doits
Literary usage of Doits
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Glossary: Or, Collection of Words, Phrases, Names, and Allusions to by Robert Nares (1859)
"Capell reads, "for doits," which would explain the former word; "for doits" is
the original reading, which has been changed as above. To DING. ..."
2. The Life of Gouverneur Morris: With Selections from His Correspondence and by Jared Sparks (1832)
"For example, in the New England currency five doits make a penny. Hence £10 19
5, reduced to pence, are equal to 2633, which, multiplied by 5, ..."
3. The Technologist (1861)
"a pound for the best nuts, 6 doits for the inferior, and 4 doits for the broken ;
for the first quality of mace, 40 doits ; and for the second, 20 doits. ..."
4. A History of the People of the United States: From the Revolution to the by John Bach McMaster (1900)
"Thus in New England five doits made a penny. Hence £10 19«. 6d. ... 5 doits in
the new money. His table of coin was : 20 doits = groat. ..."
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