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do noun- a party or social function UK, 1824
- Nothin’ worse than the day after a do, an’ no grog left. — Nino Culotta (John O’Grady), They’re A Weird Mob, p. 111, 1957
- Reports or not, he’d have to get along to this “do”. — John Wynnum, Tar Dust, p. 48, 1962
- All the senior officers from up and down the coast are here, for tonight’s big do. — Ray Slattery, Mobbs Mob, p. 88, 1966
- Yoko Ono is throwing a little do in her suite at the Clift. — Armistead Maupin, Babycakes, p. 221, 1984
- A valet-parking girl, in a white shirt with a black bow tie and black trousers, took his car, sayhing, “You won’t need a ticket, sir.” Which meant that the do wouldn’t be as big as some he’d had to attend lately. — Joseph Wambaugh, Floaters, p. 87, 1996
- She even gets calls Christmas Day, but can’t work then as she’s putting on her annual orphans’ do. — Lesbians on the Loose, p. 34, 1997
- Every year Joe and Mary went up to Jerusalem for a big do called Passover Day. — Kel Richards, The Aussie Bible, p. 19, 2003
- an action, deed, performance or event UK
- CLARICE: It’s a poor do if you can’t do what you like with your own property. — John O’Toole, The Bush and the Tree [Six Granada Plays], p. 41, 1960
- a person considered in terms of their sexual performance or willingness AUSTRALIA, 1950
- I thought everyone knew Nessie’s an easy do. — Ward McNally, Supper at Happy Harry’s, p. 34, 1982
- a dose of drugs US
- Damn, I’m getting boogy. I hope you saved me a do, Snake, “cause I’m sure gettin” sick. — Donald Goines, Dopefiend, p. 216, 1971
- Foxy left the spike sticking in the girl’s arm and started to prepare his own Do. — Vernon E. Smith, The Jones Men, p. 20, 1974
- in craps, a bet on the shooter US
- At the dice table, the professor would bet either on or against the shooter–otherwise known as do or don’t, right or wrong–at $1,000 a shot on what may or may not have been a system. — Edward Lin, Big Julie of Vegas, p. 47, 1974
- a hairdo US, 1966
- “I’m out there this morning,” Darryl said, “talking to Tiffany, girl with the indian ’do.” — Elmore Leonard, Be Cool, p. 182, 1999
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