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Bill W

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One suggestion is that this originated from a late Middle English contraction for 'to do off' and don is a contraction for 'to do on'.  Another suggestiion is that it comes from the Middle English word 'doffen', meaning to 'take off'.   

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Bill W

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The term doff could also be used to mean 'to thrust aside', such as 'to doff the chamber pot'.  In other words to toss the contents out the window.  

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drpaladin

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It was considered a common courtesy for a gentleman to doff his hat to ladies. Now it seems an oddity.

Doffing headgear while eating at table seems to have been mostly abandoned as well.

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JamesSavik

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When running on a hawt day, I've been known to doff my shirt. I make sure I'm way out in the woods, so I won't cause a spectacle.

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