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noun
A small Dutch coin, equivalent to one-eighth of a stiver.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical
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noun
A small amount; a bit, a jot.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic
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noun
In jazz music, a note that slides to an indefinite pitch chromatically upwards.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
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verb
To stumble; to blunder.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Scotland, rare
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History
Borrowed from Middle Low German doyt, cognate with Middle Dutch duit. Doublet of thwaite.
Borrowed from Scots doit, apparently a Scots cognate of dote.
Across languages
2 source translations are retained for this English entry.
