doit
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- noun
- Archaic
- When counting my change, I found several doits mixed in with the coins.
Examples
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But most of it will be in doits and pence and other small coins.
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After an uncertain pause, one or two bold souls followed suit, and then a few more, digging copper doits and pence out of purse and sporran.
Fiction book (1991) -
In the old marketplace, vendors often accepted the doit as payment for very inexpensive items.
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The children delighted in collecting old coins, especially the small, shiny doits from Scotland.
Synonyms
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An old British coin worth two pennies or a very small amount of money
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A British coin from the past worth a quarter of a penny, also meaning a very small amount
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An old French coin or a very small amount of money
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A small old British coin worth half a penny from before 1971
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A former British coin worth half of a penny, used until 1984
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An old Scottish coin from centuries ago that is worth very little
A small Dutch coin worth five cents before the euro
A small old coin from the Netherlands worth very little money
Surface Forms
Etymology
Doit comes from the Dutch word duit, which was a very small coin used in the Low Countries and later in Scotland. So a doit was literally a tiny coin of little value.