doona

plural doonas

1. AustraliaA padded blanket used as a cover in bed; a duvet.

   Lena pulled the doona over her head.

   2005, Josephine Wilson, Cusp, page 211

   3 more examples

   He had put the doona on sideways. My feet were sticking out.

   1983, Helen Garner, Yellow Notebook: Diaries Volume I, Text Publishing, published 2022, page 66

   Well when I say it was cool, it was actually cold enough to freeze the nuts off a fruit cake and it took Dad half an hour [...] to get me from under the nice warm doona.

   1995, Paul Vautin, Turn It Up!, Sydney: Pan Macmillan Australia, page 70

   Doonas can be made of goose feathers, wool or synthetics. Wash them twice a year or even more if you sweat a lot. You can tell it′s time for a wash when the fibres are packed down and lumpy, or the doona smells.

   2011, Shannon Lush, Jennifer Fleming, Spotless: Room-by-Room Solutions to Domestic Disasters, unnumbered page

   Synonyms: duvet, quilt, comforter

alternative doonae

1. abbreviationcontractionContraction of do + not, used by some American fiction authors to signify that a character has a Scottish accent, although the word does not exist in Scots or Scottish English.

   “I doona ken how he found us,” he muttered darkly.

   2005, Karen Marie Moning, Spell of the Highlander, page 122

   2 more examples

   “Are you talking to those cats again? Do you really think they listen? Do you really think they understand?” “I doona know, Grandma. And I doona care.”

   2005, Harold Cheney, Jack of Tabbyshire: Jack of Tabbyshire and Other Grandfather Tales, page 9

   “Oh, and doona go near the ruins or the castle when I leave,” he said, picking up the book and heading for the door.

   2007, Margo Maguire, A Warrior′s Taking, page 286

1. An Irish surname.