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| DOER | | n. - person who does something.
- person who acts rather than theorizing. | |
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| DOES | | see *do1. | |
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| DOFF | | v. Remove (a hat or clothes). [from do off] | |
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| DOGE | | n. Hist. Chief magistrate of venice or genoa. [italian from latin dux leader] | |
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| DOGS | | breakfast n. (also dog's dinner) colloq. Mess.
- life n. Life of misery etc. | |
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| DOLE | | —n. - (usu. Prec. By the) colloq. Unemployment benefit.
- a charitable distribution. B thing given sparingly or reluctantly. —v. (-ling) (usu. Foll. By out) distribute sparingly. on the dole colloq. Receiving unemployment benefit. [old english] | |
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| DOLL | | —n. - small model of esp. A baby or child as a child's toy.
- colloq. A pretty but silly young woman. B attractive woman.
- ventriloquist's dummy. —v. (foll. By up) colloq. Dress smartly. [pet form of dorothy] | |
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| DOLT | | n. Stupid person. doltish adj. [apparently related to obsolete dol = *dull] | |
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| DOME | | —n. - rounded (usu. Hemispherical) vault forming a roof.
- dome-shaped thing. —v. (-ming) (usu. As domed adj.) Cover with or shape as a dome. [latin domus house] | |
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| DONE | | adj. - completed.
- cooked.
- colloq. Socially acceptable (the done thing).
- (often with in) colloq. Tired out.
- (esp. As int. In reply to an offer etc.) Accepted. be done with have or be finished with. Done for colloq. In serious trouble. Have done with be rid of; finish dealing with. [past part. Of *do1] | |
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