do-re-mi

[ doh-rey-mee ]

nounSlang.

Origin of do-re-mi

1
1920–25; pun on dough (money); see do2, re1, mi

Words Nearby do-re-mi

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How to use do-re-mi in a sentence

  • do-re-mi-fa-sol-la-si; he aqu mi mundo durante todo aquel tiempo.

    Novelas Cortas | Pedro Antonio de Alarcn
  • In short, we feared that we should be do-re-mi-ou'd past endurance.

    The Garden, You, and I | Mabel Osgood Wright

British Dictionary definitions for do-re-mi

do-re-mi

noun
  1. US slang money

Origin of do-re-mi

1
C20: pun on dough (sense 3)

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