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dobber

American  
[dob-er] / ˈdɒb ər /

noun

  1. a float for a fishing line; bob.


Etymology

Origin of dobber

1800–10, < Dutch: float, buoy

Example Sentences

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Actually, these are great figures from the dobber’s dobber, Gavin Larsen.

From The Guardian • Dec. 29, 2015

Actually, these are great figures from the dobber’s dobber, Gavin Larsen.

From The Guardian • Dec. 29, 2015

Surely the ultimate dobber figures are something like 12-6-11-0?

From The Guardian • Dec. 29, 2015

Surely the ultimate dobber figures are something like 12-6-11-0?

From The Guardian • Dec. 29, 2015

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