Dona, Donna, Donny, or Doner, subs. (vulgar).—A woman. [From the
Italian.] For synonyms, see Petticoat.
1875. Athenæum, 24 April, p. 545, col. 2. A circus man almost
always speaks of a circus woman, not as a woman, but a dona.
Donaker, subs. (old).—A cattle-lifter.
1669. Nicker Nicked, in Harl. Misc. (ed. Park), ii., 108.
Done! intj. (common).—An interjection of acceptance or agreement.
1602. Dekker, Honest Whore, in wks. (1873), ii., 17. Cast. ... I’le
wage a hundred duckats upon the head on’t, that it moves him, frets
him, and galles him. Pio. Done, ’tis a lay, joyne gols [hands]
on’t.
1761. Colman, Jealous Wife, IV., in wks. (1777), i., 106. Why, it’s
a match, miss! it’s done and done on both sides.
1762. Goldsmith, Life of Nash, in wks., p. 546 (Globe). Why, if you
think me a dab I will get this strange gentleman, or this, pointing
to the flat. done! cries the sailor, but you shall not tell him.
1840. Thackeray, Paris Sketch-book, p. 196. ‘I will bet thee thy
water for a year that none of the three will pray for thee.’
‘Done!’ said Rollo. ‘Done! said the daemon.’
Ppl. adj. (common).—Exhausted; ruined; cheated; convicted.
[See Do in most of its senses.]
Done-over, adj. (common).—1. Intoxicated. For synonyms, see Screwed.