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dot-and-go-one

dot-and-go-one adjective: having a lame or limping gait.

Adjective

dot-and-go-one (not comparable)

  1. (UK, archaic, slang) Having a lame or limping gait.
    • […] I shouted, though with inward misgivings on account of my game leg; and we started off towards camp as fast as we could go — which is not saying much, as I could only get over the ground in a dot-and-go-one sort of way.1893, The Boy's Own Annual, volume 16, page 805
    • "I think the doctors messed it up a bit. They said he wouldn't limp or anything, but when he left here he was still completely dot and go one."1928, Agatha Christie, The Mystery of the Blue Train, page 127

Noun

dot-and-go-one (plural dot-and-go-ones)

  1. (UK, archaic, slang) A lame or limping man
    • Fathers of two feet, advance,
      Dot and go ones, hop along,
      Two feet missing need not dance,
      But will join us in the song.1922, James Elroy Flecker, The story of Hassan of Bagdad, and how he came to make the Golden Journey to Samarkand: A Play in Five Acts, page 37

Synonyms of dot-and-go-one

Forms of dot-and-go-one

pluraldot-and-go-ones

Questions about dot-and-go-one

What does dot-and-go-one mean?
Dot-and-go-one means having a lame or limping gait.
What part of speech is dot-and-go-one?
Dot-and-go-one can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near dot-and-go-one in the dictionary

  1. dot the i's
  2. dot the i's and cross the t's
  3. dot to dot
  4. dot to dots
  5. dot-and-carry-one
  6. dot-and-go-one
  7. dot-and-go-ones
  8. dot-bomb
  9. dot-bombs
  10. dot-carnage
  11. dot-com

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