dough a dorris
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Fingallian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle English dogh (“dough”) + an (“on”) + dorre (“door”).
Noun
[edit]- door cup
- 1689 James Farewell, The Irish Hudibras, or, Fingallian prince taken from the sixth book of Virgil's Æneids, and adapted to the present times. (Appendix: "Alphabetical Table" of "Fingallian Words, or Irish Phrases"):
- Dough a Dorris,
- Door Cup.
- 1689 James Farewell, The Irish Hudibras, or, Fingallian prince taken from the sixth book of Virgil's Æneids, and adapted to the present times. (Appendix: "Alphabetical Table" of "Fingallian Words, or Irish Phrases"):