Doone

Trudeau invented the name Doonesbury by combining doone – boarding-school slang, he says, for "a good-natured dufus, a clueless sort without any mean to them" – with the ending of the name of his friend Charlie Pillsbury. ❋ Ed Pilkington (2010)

"Charlie was like that, innocent but with a kind of grace, and to my amazement he's been perfectly happy with this association, which just proves he's a doone." ❋ Ed Pilkington (2010)

Or that in the eastern prep-school lexicon of the time, a “doone” was something of a doofus? ❋ Gene Weingarten (2010)

But with Bonnie and Wendy helping me out, I came up with a pirate costume: a red polka-dotted bandana around my head, a fake mustache, a vest, Curts baggy red pantaloons a souvenir from Marrakech, a pair of black knee-high fishing boots that we found in the barnthe best we could doone of Gilbertos black big-buckled garrison belts, and as a final touch, some clip-on ring earrings. ❋ Oscar Hijuelos (2008)

November 9, 2008 at 4:40 pm jamamakitty kitty carlyle lorna doone m…….. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Ajuga, cerestium, snow in summer and golden creeping jenny, along with the original planting of doone valley thyme are growing along the risers and sides, with some dianthus that is losing the battle of the groundcovers. ❋ Unknown (2007)

For more advanced, hold one leg straight off the ground, with knees in line with each other, and doone set. ❋ MEHMET C. OZ (2007)

Not that any filthynesse in deede, is committed within the compasse of that grounde, as was doone in Rome but that euery wanton and his Paramour, euery man and his Mistresse, euery John and his Joan, euery knaue and his queane, are there first acquainted and cheapen the Merchandise in that place, which they pay for elsewhere as they can agree. ❋ Heo (2006)

And (as some saie) tumble doune the carkesse into the Sea, (for this Virgine hath a Chapelle vpon the toppe of a high clieue, hangyng ouer the Sea, where this feate is doone) and naile vp the heade vpon a Gibet. ❋ Unknown (2004)

(The Romain Emperour then being gouernour of the whole worlde alone) to haue Consulles, Fathers or Senatours: at whose becke all thinges ware deuised and doone: And in the residewe of the earthe to bee many Kynges, many Dukes, Erles, Presidentes, and Deputies of countries, and their Lieutenauntes: Maresshalles of the fielde, and highe Conestables for the communes, Pretours or Prouostes, ❋ Unknown (2004)

The courte beyng set and begunne, and the tablet of Truthe by the Chauncellour laied furthe, and theight bookes of their lawes (for so many had thei) brought furth into the middes emong them: it was the maner for the plaintife to putte into writyng the whole circumstance of his case, and the maner of the wrong doone vnto him, or how muche he estemed himself to be endamaged thereby. ❋ Unknown (2004)

At the firste sighte of them I thoughte they had bene yonge men, but when I saw the hare of their heades hange doone on their backes, platted together with a tasle of smale pearle hanginge in the lower end of it, and by other plaine tokens, I did know them to be women, and verrie prettie ones in deede.9 ❋ Fatema Mernissi (2001)

“Tha willbay doone bylyve, Goadahdahm Boetenneher.” ❋ Willis, Connie (1997)