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Nothing
·noun A cipher; naught.
II. Nothing ·adv In no degree; not at all; in no wise.
III. Nothing ·noun ...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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do
do, dĕdi, dătum, dăre (also in a longer form, dănunt = dant, Pac., Naev., and Caecil. ap. Non. 97, 1...
A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.
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do
dō (old subj.duis, duit, duint, etc.), dedī, datus, are 1 DA-, to hand over, deliver, give up, ren...
An Elementary Latin Dictionary
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Do
·noun Deed; act; fear.
II. Do ·noun A cheat; a swindle.
III. Do ·noun Ado; bustle; stir; to do.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Do.
·noun An abbreviation of Ditto.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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do
To do any one; to rob and cheat him. I have done him; I have robbed him. Also to overcome in a boxin...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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Know-nothing
·noun A member of a secret political organization in the United States, the chief objects of which w...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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know-nothing
Utterly ignorant. Ex. 'A poor know-nothing creature, i. e. one exceedingly ignorant.--Norfolk Glossa...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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nothing off!
A term used by the man at the conn to the steersman, directing him to keep her close to the wind; or...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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Do-all
·noun General manager; factotum.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Do-little
·noun One who performs little though professing much.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Do-naught
·noun A lazy, good-for-nothing fellow.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Do-nothingism
·noun ·Alt. of Do-nothingness.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Do-nothingness
·noun Inactivity; habitual sloth; idleness.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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To-do
·noun Bustle; stir; commotion; ado.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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to do over
Carries the same meaning, but is not so briefly expressed: the former having received the polish of ...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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do don't
for do not or don't, is a common expression in Georgia, and not by any means confined to the uneduca...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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do tell!
A vulgar exclamation common tn New England, and synonymous with really! indeed! is it possible!
A b...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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derring-do
A Spenserian term for deeds of arms.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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do-little
, or do-little sword.
The old term for a dirk.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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dance upon nothing
To be hanged.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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nothing to nobody
Nobody's business. This singular expression is common in the language of the illiterate in some part...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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Ne'er-do-well
·add. ·noun A person who never does, or fares, well; a good for nothing.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Do Little Alley
See Do Little Lane.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Do Little Lane
,Do Little Alley
South out of Carter Lane to Knightrider Street. In Castle Baynard Ward (Boyle, 1799...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Do-Little's Yard
West out of Mugwell Street, in Farringdon Ward Within (det.) (O. and M. 1677).
Seems to occupy the ...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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domine do little
An impotent old fellow.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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to take to do
To take to task; to reprove.
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Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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well-to-do
In a state of ease as to pecuniary circumstances; well off.--Holloway.
In speaking of the emigratio...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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die nor do
He'll neither DIE NOR DO ; spoken of a person in a lingering illness. See DAW, in Ray's Words.
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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do for, to
A double-barrelled expression, meaning alike to take care of or provide for an individual, or to rui...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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Indo-do-Chinese languages
·add. ·- A family of languages, mostly of the isolating type, although some are agglutinative, spoke...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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do you hear there?
An inquiry following an order, but very often needlessly.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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england expects every man will do his duty
This is introduced into a naval vocabulary, not as wanting explanation, but that in recording the mo...
The Sailor's Word-Book