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Dz-à-Dz

[ doh-see-doh, -zi- French doh-za-doh ]

noun

plural Dz-à-Dz


verb (used with or without object)

Dz-à-Dzed Dz-à-Dzing
  1. to do-si-do.

adverb

  1. Archaic. back to back.

Dz-à-Dz

/ ˌdəʊsɪˈdəʊ; dozado /

noun

  1. a seat on which the users sit back to back
  2. an alternative spelling of do-si-do
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Origin of Dz-à-Dz1

1830–40; < French: back to back
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of Dz-à-Dz1

literally: back to back
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Example Sentences

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This is a very rare example of the phenomenon known as triple dos-a-dos binding, meaning that three bindings are connected to each other by shared inner covers.

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After seeing a display of stone tools, baskets and bags created by Native Americans, we were off to the antique autos gallery, which included an 1899 Mobile Steam Model Dos-a-Dos originally owned by Henry Ford.

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The automobile of the future will look no more like the motor car of to-day than the limousine of 1913 looks like the Dz-à-Dz of 1896.

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Just as I stepped from the verandah, one of the small native dos-a-dos carts entered the grounds and drew up near the end of my corridor.

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The tête-bêche dates back to the 19th century, though its close relative – the Dz-à-Dz, a complicated binding procedure that sees two books back to back but opening in different directions – goes back even earlier, and was common for religious texts.

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