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doit

[ doit ]

noun

  1. Also duit []. an old small copper coin of the Netherlands and Dutch colonies, first issued in the 17th century.
  2. a bit or trifle.


doit

/ dɔɪt /

noun

  1. a former small copper coin of the Netherlands
  2. a trifle
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of doit1

First recorded in 1585–95, doit is from the Dutch word duit
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Word History and Origins

Origin of doit1

C16: from Middle Dutch duit
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Example Sentences

Et pour ce le premier secours doit estre cette Republique, & non ce qui a le pretexte de piet.

Nous ne savons aux soin de quel diteur on doit de nous l'avoir fait connatre.

L'envie de me rendre utile, dont tout citoyen doit tre anim, m'a fait entreprendre l'ouvrage que je prsente au Public.

Perhaps his woman has gone bad on him or he has played his last copper doit at gambling.

As Trinculo observes, “When they will not give a doit to relieve a lame beggar, they will lay out ten to see a dead Indian.”

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