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doily

UK/ˈdɔɪli/ US/ˈdɔɪli/ rare obsolete

noun

1.

a small farm worked by a crofter

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Origin

From Doiley, the name of a 17th-century London draper. The surname is Anglo-Norman, from d'Œuilly, name of several places in Calvados, from Old French oeil (“eye”).

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