Round 3633 DODKIN Results

[Tim Lodge]

I found myself in a bit of a quandary over this word.  I found it originally in Merriam Webster, where DODKIN is defined as "= DOIT".  Following up DOIT leads to "an old coin of the Netherlands and Dutch controlled territories equal to about ⅛ stiver", and that is what I originally intended to post.  However, on checking, I found DODKIN in Collins, defined directly as "[Archaic] A coin of little value", and decided to use that less specific def which avoids the redirection.  Four players guessed the true meaning, of whom Johnny Barrs and Dan Widdis also got 2 votes for their defs, tying them both on 4 points.  Johnny B is well ahead in the rolling scores and takes the next deal.  His def encapsulated the feeling that many of us get when playing this game!

Over to you, Johnny.

--  Tim L

 *** DODKIN ***

1.  A fitted under-tunic.              
Submitter: Eric Boxer Votes: 4 & 10 Score: 3  + 0 + 0  = 3  
Voted for by: Nancy Shepherdson, Mike Shefler, Judy Madnick         

 2.  [Archaic] A coin of little value              
Submitter:  Collins English Dictionary Votes: - & - Score: 4  + 0 + 0  = D4  
Voted for by: Shani Naylor, Paul Keating, Dan Widdis, Johnny Barrs        

 3.  [Dialect] An affectionate name for a puppy.            
Submitter: Shani Naylor Votes: 2 & 7 Score: 0  + *2* + 0  = 2 *
Voted for by: Nobody               

 4.  A sleeveless one-piece swimming costume for men.         
Submitter: Nancy Shepherdson Votes: 1 & 6 Score: 3  + 0 + 0  = 3  
Voted for by: Eric Boxer, Mike Shefler, Judy Madnick          

 5.  A pea-sized bit of food offered to a leprechaun.           
Submitter: Debbie Embler Votes: 9 & 11 Score: 1  + 0 + 0  = 1  
Voted for by: Tim Bourne              

 6.  The truncated chimney or ventilator of a malt-kiln.          
Submitter: Paul Keating Votes: 2 & 8 Score: 1  + *2* + 0  = 3 *
Voted for by: Nancy Shepherdson              

 7.  [SE Eng.] A term of endearment, esp. for small children.         
Submitter: Efrem Mallach Votes: 10 & 11 Score: 2  + 0 + 0  = 2  
Voted for by: Shani Naylor, Johnny Barrs             

 8.  A small tally peg kept behind the bar to mark drinks owed.         
Submitter: Dan Widdis Votes: 2 & 9 Score: 2  + *2* + 0  = 4 *
Voted for by: Paul Keating, Tim Bourne             

 9.  A vague feeling that one knows the meaning of an otherwise abstruse word.    
Submitter: Johnny Barrs Votes: 2 & 7 Score: 2  + *2* + 0  = 4 *
Voted for by: Debbie Embler, Dan Widdis             

10.  A storm trysail, usually deployed on the foremast and sheeted to the bowsprit.   
Submitter: Mike Shefler Votes: 1 & 4 Score: 2  + 0 + 0  = 2  
Voted for by: Eric Boxer, Efrem Mallach             

11.  A small alignment notch cut into the side panels of a shelving unit to indicate where support brackets should be affixed.   
Submitter: Judy Madnick Votes: 1 & 4 Score: 2  + 0 + 0  = 2  
Voted for by: Debbie Embler, Efrem Mallach            

 No Def:  Bourne Votes: 5 & 8 Score: 0  + 0 + 0  = 0  

[Hugo Kornelis]

Little side note for those who are interested.

I absolutely do not recognize the word DODKIN. At first I also did not recognise the alternative DOIT, until I started to try different possible prononciations. In Dutch is it spelled DUIT. The UI is a long vowel, and I am now aware of any English word that uses that exact same sound. So I found a short video where you can hear how it sounds, and even learn to pronounce it:

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/2ZVvCw9F5Ug

We don't use the word DUIT in active language anymore. But it still survives in some pronouns, such as "geen rooie duit op zak hebben" (have no red doit in your pocket - fully broke) or "een duit in het zakje doen" (do a doit in the bag - referring to the habit of passing a bag around in church to collect donations. Strangely enough, it does not mean to be scrapy or to underpay, but to give one's opinion after others have already given theirs). Someone who is particularly stinguy (even by Dutch standards) "blijft dood op een duit" (will die over a doit) - although this is currently more often used with "stuiver" (5 eurocents coin) or "kwartje" (25 guilder cents - obsolete since the euro) rather than duit.

Cheers,
Hugo

Op 25-3-2026 om 21:48 schreef 'Tim Lodge' via Dixonary:

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[Daniel B. Widdis]

I don't know DUIT or DOIT, but growing up I do recall a great-aunt having a circular disc of wood hanging on her wall, that was inscribed "TOIT".

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[Paul Keating]

One of the few people I have ever heard of who had finally got around to it.