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Dooty vs Doozy - What's the difference?

dooty | doozy |

As nouns the difference between dooty and doozy

is that dooty is (dated) while doozy is (us) something that is extraordinary often used in the context of troublesome, difficult or problematic, but can be used positively as well.

As an adjective doozy is

(slang|dated) of high quality; remarkable; excellent.

dooty

English

Noun

(head)
  • (dated)
  • * {{quote-book, year=1861, author=Various, title=Atlantic Monthly, Volume 7, Issue 42, April, 1861, chapter=, edition= citation
    • , passage=Glad to see you back at the post of dooty . }}
  • * {{quote-book, year=1907, author=Stewart Edward White and Samuel Hopkins Adams, title=The Mystery, chapter=, edition= citation
    • , passage=When we gets back to the old Laughing Lass , then we drops back into our dooty again all right and proper. }}
  • * {{quote-book, year=1910, author=Horatio Alger, Jr., title=Jack's Ward, chapter=, edition= citation
    • , passage=It's your dooty to do just as she tells you, and you'll do right. }}

    doozy

    English

    Alternative forms

    * doozie * duesy

    Noun

    (doozies)
  • (US) something that is extraordinary. Often used in the context of troublesome, difficult or problematic, but can be used positively as well.
    • Most of the test was easy, but the last question was a doozy .

    Synonyms

    * lulu

    Adjective

    (en-adjective)
  • (slang, dated) Of high quality; remarkable; excellent.
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  • (slang, US, archaic) Sporty, ostentatious, flashy.
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    • References

    * * "Doozy" in J.E. Lighter, Random House Historical Dictionary of American Slang volume 1, 1994.