dobber
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of dobber
1800–10, < Dutch: float, buoy
Example Sentences
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Surely the ultimate dobber figures are something like 12-6-11-0?
From The Guardian ● Dec. 29, 2015
“The thought of getting out to a dobber bowled by a crowing, jeering Sit Geoffrey was, he said, more frightening than facing Thommo.”
From The Guardian ● Dec. 29, 2015
Actually, these are great figures from the dobber’s dobber, Gavin Larsen.
From The Guardian ● Dec. 29, 2015
If you were minded to play a game of American Indie Band Most Likely to Cross Over bingo while listening to their debut album, your dobber would be working overtime, so to speak.
From The Guardian ● Apr. 22, 2010
Sit all day on a rock watching your float, or cork, or dobber, as the Dutch boys call it, dance merrily over the waves, occasionally disappearing under the surface, when the hook catches a weed.
From The Knickerbocker, or New-York Monthly Magazine, January 1844 Volume 23, Number 1 by Various
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