dobie

¹

[ doh-bee ]

noun

1. Chiefly Southwestern U.S. adobe.
2. a playing marble, especially one made of clay.

Dobie

²

[ doh-bee ]

noun

1. (James) Frank, 1888–1964, U.S. folklorist, educator, and author.

Word History and Origins

Origin of dobie¹

An Americanism dating back to 1830–40; aphetic form

Example Sentences

She cited Maynard G. Krebs, from The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis, as another inspiration.

From The Daily Beast

J. Frank Dobie, the famous folklorist of decades past, was a great admirer of the majestic presence of the lone coyote.

From The Daily Beast

Dobie believed that coyotes served a useful function in the animal kingdom by winnowing out the sick and the wounded of a species.

From The Daily Beast

The animal was much misunderstood, Dobie claimed, and was only dangerous when it ran in packs or gangs, like people.

From The Daily Beast

Mr. Dobie also describes an F. campanulata, with five flattened lobes.

From Project Gutenberg

A sharp-eyed scout reported two pack-mules, their aparejos bulging with dobie dollars, in the train.

From Project Gutenberg

They banded together in formidable outfits to guard the dobie dollars which loaded down the aparejos during the northern journey.

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I called on Gardiner, and talked over his trouble fully; he was in a loathsome dobie hole, full of vermin, and dark.

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The first post office was established in 1880, Mrs. Malcolm Dobie, postmistress.

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