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I would have my children attend to doits and farthings as devoutly as the merest Dutchman upon earth, if such attention was necessary to support their independence.

From Life and Public Services of John Quincy Adams Sixth President of the Unied States by Seward, William Henry

Wood for ship-building is abundant; and good carpenters can be had at the rate of 20 copper doits per diem, that is to say, three men for a rupee a day.

From Journals of Two Expeditions of Discovery in North-West and Western Australia, Volume 1 by Grey, George

Sometimes, indeed, they changed our money, giving us 240 doits, amounting to five shillings, for a Spanish dollar, and ninety-six, amounting to two shillings, for a Bengal rupee.

From A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 13 by Kerr, Robert

It will be necessary, likewise, to settle the weights, measures, and money current in the country, and to introduce doits, that the poor may purchase food cheaply.

From The Expedition to Borneo of H.M.S. Dido For the Suppression of Piracy by Keppel, Henry

Besides dollars, the current coins were ducatoons, rupees, and doits, with some few gold rupees of Batavia; but the money accounts were usually kept in rix dollars, an imaginary coin of 4s.

From A Voyage to Terra Australis — Volume 2 by Flinders, Matthew