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do-nought

do-nought is the alternative form of do-naught.

Meaning of do-naught

Noun

do-naught (plural do-naughts)

  1. (archaic) A lazy idler.

Forms of do-nought

pluraldo-noughts

Questions about do-nought

What is do-nought the alternative form of?
Do-nought is the alternative form of do-naught.

Words near do-nought in the dictionary

  1. do-naughts
  2. do-nothing
  3. do-nothingism
  4. do-nothingness
  5. do-nothings
  6. do-nought
  7. do-ocracies
  8. do-ocracy
  9. do-ocratic
  10. do-ocratically
  11. do-or-die

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