donnot

A dialectal form of do naught. donor (dō'nor), n. [ do nothing (dö'nuthing), n. and a. [ II. a. Doing no work; idle; indolent; inactive. [In this use commonly with a hyphen.] Why haven't you a right to aspire to a college education as any do - nothing canon there at the abbey, lad? Kingsley, Alton Locke, iv. In short, neither the extreme do - nothing policy nor the extreme violence policy will solve the great problem. Fortnightly Rev. , N. S., XLIII. 145. do nothingne (dö'nuth" ing-nes), n. ne ; indolence; inactivity. Idle IMG:content-3036.png:[blocks in formation] 4. Sickly; ailing: as, he's sair kep'n doon wi' a donsie wife and donsie bairns. [Colloq.]