do-se-does

Updated: May 6, 2025

But Donahue, bein' a quite man, niver minded that, but let her go on with her do-se-does an' bought her a bicycle. All th' bicycles th' poor man had himsilf whin he was her age was th' dhray he used to dhrive f'r Comiskey; but he says, 'Tis all th' thing, he says. 'Let th' poor child go her way, he says to his wife, he says. 'Honoria, he says, 'she'll get over it.

Finley Peter Dunne - Mr. Dooley: In the Hearts of His Countrymen