dodkin

English

Etymology

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

Noun

dodkin (plural dodkins)

1. A doit; a small coin.
   • 1612–1620, [Miguel de Cervantes], Thomas Shelton, transl., The History of the Valorous and Wittie Knight-errant Don-Quixote of the Mancha. […], London: […] William Stansby, for Ed[ward] 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.