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1844. Puck, p. 14. The Proctor caught him in a spree, Asked his name and college with courtesie; 'Don't you wish you may get it?' and off he ran, Did my spicy swell small college man.
Doodle, subs. (old).—1. A dolt.
For synonyms, see Buffle and
Cabbage-head. [Thought to be
a corruption of Dawdle, to trifle.]
1775. Ash, Eng. Dict., s.v.
1830. S. Warren, Diary of a Late Physician, ch. v. I know it was every word composed by that abominable old addlehead, Dr. , a doodle that he is!
2. (old).—The penis. For synonyms, see Creamstick.
1785. Grose, Dic. Vulg. Tongue, s.v.
Doodled, ppl. adj. (old).—Cheated,
'done.'
1823. Moncrieff, Tom and Jerry, i., 7. No, I'm out of spirits because I have been dished and doodled out of forty pounds to-day.
Doodle-dasher, subs. (venery).—A
masturbator. [From Doodle,
the penis + dasher.]
Doodle-doo-man, subs. (old cockpit).—A
cockfighter or breeder.
[From the childish name for
poultry.]
Doodlesack, subs. (old).—The
female pudendum. Also Doodle-case
and Doodle-trap. For
synonyms, see Monosyllable.
Doog, adj. (back-slang).—Good.
Dookie, subs. (theatrical).—A
penny show or unlicensed theatre.
Cf., Gaff.
Dookin and Dookering, subs.
(thieves' and gypsies').—Fortune-telling.
1857. Snowden, Mag. Assistant, 3rd ed., p. 444.
Dookin-Cove, subs. (common).—A
fortune-teller. [From dookin
= fortune-telling = cove, a man.]
Door-nail. Dead as a door-nail.—See
Dead.
Doorsman, subs. (common).—See
Barker and Clicker.
Doorstep, subs. (common).—A
thick slice of bread and butter.
Fr., une fondante.
1885. Miss Tennant, in Eng. Ill. Mag., June, p. 604. Doorsteps, I found, were thick slices of bread spread with jam.
1890. Spectator, 3 May, Rev. of vol. I., 'Slang and its Analogues.'. . . The extraordinary 'bouncer' that a very common request at Lockhart's coffee-houses in London is for 'a doorstep and a sea-rover,' i.e., for a halfpenny slice of bread and butter and a herring, &c.
Dooteroomus or Doot, subs.
(American).—Money. For synonyms,
see Actual and Gilt.
1871. De Vere, Americanisms, s.v.
Dope, verb (American).—To
drug with tobacco. Also doping
= the practice.
Dopey, subs. (old).—1. A beggar's
trull.
1785. Grose, Dict. Vulg. Tongue, s.v.
2. (old).—The podex.
Dor, subs. (Old Westminster
School).—1.—See quot.
1715. J. Kersey, English Dictionary. Sub voce, a term used at Westminster School for leave to sleep awhile.
2. (old).—An affront.
1600. Jonson, Cynthias Revels.
