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  dobie

  noun

  adobe.
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  Dobie

  noun

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

dobie

¹ American  

[doh-bee] / ˈdoʊ bi /

noun

1. Chiefly Southwestern U.S. adobe.

2. a playing marble, especially one made of clay.

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Dobie ² American  

[doh-bee] / ˈdoʊ bi /

noun

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

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Etymology

Origin of dobie

An Americanism dating back to 1830–40; aphetic form

Example Sentences

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That it is very congenial to malaria, typhoid, leprosy, syphilis and the dobie itch.

From Time Magazine Archive

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

From When the West Was Young by Frederick R. (Frederick Ritchie) Bechdolt

Billy Clanton and the two MacLowery boys, who are said to have been parties to the dobie dollar hold-up, died one autumn morning fighting it out against the Earp faction in Tombstone’s street.

From When the West Was Young by Frederick R. (Frederick Ritchie) Bechdolt

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

From When the West Was Young by Frederick R. (Frederick Ritchie) Bechdolt

Companies of Mexican smugglers came northward through its steep-walled border cañons driving their laden burros to lonely rendezvous where hard-eyed traders awaited them with pack-mules loaded down with dobie dollars.

From When the West Was Young by Frederick R. (Frederick Ritchie) Bechdolt

Toulouse star Kinghorn will start at full-back in place of Tom Jordan, who drops to the bench, while Van der Merwe, Scotland's record try-scorer, returns on the wing following an injury to Jamie Dobie.

From Barron's ● Feb. 19, 2026

Italy went to the air once more, Lynagh got the better of the targeted Jamie Dobie and the score was on.

From BBC ● Feb. 7, 2026

Steyn and Dobie were nailed on to start if form over reputation was any sort of guide.

From BBC ● Feb. 5, 2026

Steyn and Dobie are two of nine Glasgow players in the starting 15 -- a reward for the team's fine form.

From Barron's ● Feb. 5, 2026

During that streak, under coach Gil Dobie, Washington scored 1,930 points to its opponents’ 118.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown