dodkin

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English

Etymology

From Dutch duitken, diminutive of duit. See doit, and compare doitkin.

Noun

dodkin (plural dodkins)

A doit; a small coin.
- 1612–1620, [Miguel de Cervantes], translated by Thomas Shelton, The History of the Valorous and Wittie Knight-errant Don-Quixote of the Mancha. , London: William Stansby, for Ed Blount and W. Barret, →OCLC:
  you must understand that she's not worth a dodkin for a queen.

References

“dodkin”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

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