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Definition of Do-it-yourself
1. Adjective. Done by yourself. "He opened a do-it-yourself store"
Definition of Do-it-yourself
1. Adjective. Of or pertaining to do it yourself ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Do-it-yourself
Literary usage of Do-it-yourself
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Voice Culture and Elocution by William T. Ross (1890)
"DO IT YOURSELF. WHY ask the teacher or some classmate to solve that problem ?
Do it yourself. You might as well let them eat your dinner as " do your sums ..."
2. Personal Finance by Robert S. Rosefsky (2001)
"... department may provide possible solutions to whichever of these dilemmas you
may be facing. do-it-yourself PENSIONS: IRAS, KEOGHS, 4O1(K) do-it-yourself ..."
3. Diary and Letters of Madame D'Arblay by Fanny Burney, Charlotte Barrett (1854)
"No, Sir; you might do it yourself! I am not so familiar to write to gentlemens."
Here the entrance of some new person stopped the discussion. ..."
4. El Salvador at War: An Oral History of Conflict from the 1979 Insurrection edited by Max G. Manwaring, Court Prisk (1995)
"Keep in mind that when you try to do it yourself, you're imposing what is going
inevitably to be viewed as a Gringo solution. When you do that, ..."
5. Sanders' Union Fourth Reader: Embracing a Full Exposition of the Principles by Charles Walton Sanders (1876)
"DO IT YOURSELF, 1. Do not ask the teacher or some classmate to solve that ...
Do IT YOURSELF. You might o» well let him eat your dinner as "do your sums" ..."
6. Yards and Terminals and Their Operation by John Albert Droege (1906)
"If you can't do it yourself, hire somebody to do it. Don't wait two or three
weeks before you do it, because if you do the flour will become mouldy. ..."
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