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Webster 1913 Edition


Doit

Doit

(doit)
,
Noun.
[D.
duit
, Icel.
pveit
, prop., a piece cut off. See
Thwaite
a piece of ground,
Thwite
.]
1.
A small Dutch coin, worth about half a farthing; also, a similar small coin once used in Scotland; hence, any small piece of money.
Shak.
2.
A thing of small value;
as, I care not a
doit
.

Webster 1828 Edition


Doit

DOIT

,
Noun.
[G.]
1.
A small piece of money.
2.
A trifle. Hence our vulgar phrase, I care not a doit. It is used adverbially and commonly pronounced dite.