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nounderring-doery (uncountable)
- nonce worduncountableDerring-do.
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1953, Isaac Asimov, Second Foundation, Gnome Press, part II: “Search By the Foundation”, chapter 11: “Stowaway”, He left Terminus in a sullen distemper. No one was at the port to see him off. […] He, Homir Munn, was risking his neck in derring-doery of the most outrageous sort, and yet he left alone.
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derring-doery. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/derring-doery
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“derring-doery.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/derring-doery. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “derring-doery,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/derring-doery.
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