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A fool; a contemptible person.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: derogatory, obsolete
Examples
- 1621, Thomas Middleton, Honourable Entertainments, 2007, Gary Taylor, John Lavagnino, Collected Works, page 1440, Dull dogbolt!
- 1655, James Shirley, The Gentleman of Venice Act 3, Scene 1, 1833, William Gifford, Alexander Dyce (editors), The Dramatic Works and Poems of James Shirley, Volume 5, page 35, They are dogbolts!
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The bolt of the capsquare over the trunnion of a cannon.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Origin obscure. Possibly from Middle English *dolgbote, from Old English dolgbōt (“remedy or compensation for injury”), from dolg (“injury, wound”) + bōt (“remedy, boot”).
From dog + bolt.
