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- verb Present participle of
doff .
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Examples
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In speaking to them, however, they always used the most abject language, and the most humble tone and posture – "Please your honour, – and please your honour's honour," they knew must be repeated as a charm at the beginning and end of every equivocating, exculpatory, or supplicatory sentence – and they were much more alert in doffing their caps to these new men, than to those of what they call good old families.
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There is also an arrangement by means of which the reels can be lifted bodily in and out of the dye-vat for the purpose of taking on and off, "doffing," the hanks of yarn for the reels.
The Dyeing of Cotton Fabrics A Practical Handbook for the Dyer and Student Franklin Beech
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Titles of honour, salutations, and all similar things conducive to vanity, such as doffing the hat or "scraping with the leg", were to be avoided even in the presence of the king.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 6: Fathers of the Church-Gregory XI 1840-1916 1913
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Holly steals the first act, quickly doffing her wedding dress into a comely miniskirt.
James Scarborough: Summer of Love, Musical Theatre West James Scarborough 2011
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Holly steals the first act, quickly doffing her wedding dress into a comely miniskirt.
James Scarborough: Summer of Love, Musical Theatre West James Scarborough 2011
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The party faithful admired him, like tenants doffing hats to their feudal lord, but I am very confident that no one else ever found his words persuasive.
Stromata Blog: 2009
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"Good morning," he said to bystanders, smiling and doffing his hat.
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Characters do double duty with the doffing of a hat.
Regina Weinreich: Classical Theatre of Harlem's Henry V: I Love It When You Speak French Regina Weinreich 2011
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Holly steals the first act, quickly doffing her wedding dress into a comely miniskirt.
James Scarborough: Summer of Love, Musical Theatre West James Scarborough 2011
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Holly steals the first act, quickly doffing her wedding dress into a comely miniskirt.
James Scarborough: Summer of Love, Musical Theatre West James Scarborough 2011
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