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doit
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Definition:1. the duit: an eighteenth century Dutch copper coin worth 2 penning2. a tiny amount; a jot---The duit is also referred to as the "New York penny" due to its use as a Colonial monetary unit in Dutch New Amsterdam (later New York) and for years later, long after Dutch rule had passed. It was part of the coinage used to purchase the island of Manhattan from the locals.text from Wikipedia, licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike
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"There ain't a thing left here," said Merry, still feeling round among the bones; "not a copper doit nor a baccy box. It don't look nat'ral to me."
Robert Louis Stevenson. Treasure Island (1883)
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most of it will be in doits and pence and other small coins.
Diana Gabaldon. Outlander (1991)
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"Upon my life I have not a doit. Give Preciosa a real, Doña Clara; I will give it you by and by."
Miguel de Cervantes. La gitanilla
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ANA. Hang 'em, I'll not venture a doit of Discretion on either of their heads.
Ben Jonson. Cynthia's Revels
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When / they will not give a doit to relieve a lame beggar, they / will lay out ten to see a dead Indian.
William Shakespeare. The Tempest.
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