Lexicographical Neighbors of Donnot
Literary usage of Donnot
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Glossary of the Cleveland Dialect: Explanatory, Derivative, and Critical by John Christopher Atkinson (1868)
"Wb. Gl. Don no t, donnot, sb. I. A thoroughly worthless person ; a Good- ...
That o' f donnot's never i' danger;" what belong? to the devil " is not in ..."
2. The Sunday Magazine (1872)
"I donnot think it's na use to me, because I still come over black and hard-like
... The grace o' God donnot deliver us from this body o' death all at onst, ..."
3. Westmoreland and Cumberland Dialects: Dialogues, Poems, Songs, and Ballads by John Russell Smith (1839)
"... tha thout that oth donnot was imma, tha mud o' thout reet if they'd thout 'at
t' donnot had ... abroad for feer th' donnot git thee. END OF THE LETTER. ..."
4. A Glossary of Yorkshire Words and Phrases: Collected in Whitby and the by Francis Kildale Robinson (1855)
"A donnot or DO-NAUGHT, a good-for-nothing person, the same as the Scottish ...
That o't' donnot's never i' danger," an allusion to the prosperity of the ..."
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