intj. (common).—An interjection of acceptance or agreement.
1602. DEKKER, The 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, The Jealous Wife, IV., in wks. (1777), i., 106. Why, it’s a match, miss! it’s DONE and DONE on both sides.
1762. GOLDSMITH, The Life of Beau Nash, in wks. p. 546 (Globe). ‘Why, if you think me a dab, as you call it, I will get this strange gentleman, or this’ (pointing to the Flat). ‘DONE!’ cries the Sailor, ‘but you shall not tell him.’
1840. THACKERAY, The 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 dæmon.’
Ppl. adj. (common).—Exhausted; ruined; cheated; convicted.
[See DO in most of its senses.]
