Definition of Do-it-yourself

1. Adjective. Done by yourself. "He opened a do-it-yourself store"

Similar to: Homemade

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

dnaG
do's
do's and don'ts
do't
do-all
do-alls
do-badder
do-badders
do-dad
do-gooder
do-gooderies
do-gooders
do-goodery
do-goodism
do-it-yourself (current term)
do-it-yourselfer
do-it-yourselfers
do-little
do-littles
do-naught
do-naughts
do-nothing
do-nothing(a)
do-nothings
do-or-die
do-or-die(a)
do-over
do-overs
do-rag

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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