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Definition of Doolittle

1. Noun. United States Air Force officer who electrified the world in 1942 by leading a squadron of 16 bombers on a daylight raid over Tokyo (1896-1993).

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Literary usage of Doolittle

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Military Minutes of the Council of Appointment of the State of New York by Council of Appointment of the State of New York, Hugh Hastings, New York (State). State Historian (1902)
"doolittle, David, 1239, 1582, 1791, 1792, 1868. doolittle, Ebenezer, 596. ... doolittle, Joel, 2158. doolittle, John, 1969, 2246. doolittle, Legrand, 1843. ..."

2. Journal by New York (State). Legislature. Senate, United States Congress. Senate (1876)
"doolittle Lament Robertson Wagner Cole ... Woodin Bradley Jacobs Morrissey Wagner doolittle Lamont 22 Ordered, ... Baaden doolittle Loomis St. John ..."

3. The Town and City of Waterbury, Connecticut by Sarah Johnson Prichard (1896)
"Jerusha doolittle m. Barnabas Lewis, 1752- Jesse A. doolittle of Hamden m. ... Mehitable doolittle m. Abraham Norton, Mehitable doolittle m. ..."

4. Harvard Memorial Biographies by Thomas Wentworth Higginson (1866)
"HENRY JONAS doolittle was born March 4,1839, in Rochester, New York, the son of James R. and Mary Lovina (Cutting) doolittle. He was a descendant of Abraham ..."

5. Publications of the Southern History Association by Southern History Association (1906)
"The original is in the not very legible handwriting of Judge doolittle and ... The writer of this note is informed by the family of Mr. doolittle that it ..."

6. Reports of Cases in Law and Equity in the Supreme Court of the State of New York by Oliver Lorenzo Barbour, New York (State). Supreme Court (1860)
"doolittle v. doolittle. the purchase, and to be paid out of the rents and profits of ... doolittle vs. doolittle and others. Two trustees of a common school ..."

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