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• dobe
  dobe

  noun

  adobe.
• Dobe
  Dobe

  noun

  Doberman pinscher.

dobe

¹ American  

[doh-bee] / ˈdoʊ bi /

noun

1. Informal. adobe.

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Dobe ² American  

[dohb] / doʊb /

noun

1. Doberman pinscher.

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Etymology

Origin of dobe¹

Aphetic form

Origin of Dobe²

First recorded in 1945–50; by shortening

Example Sentences

See Examples For:

dobe Dobe

But the arches and the wall of the building were of common dobe, massive, but roughly built.

From The Garden of Eden by Max Brand

A week or so after he left camp some Greaser give it away that Rojas had a prisoner in a dobe shack near his camp.

From Desert Gold by Zane Grey

A great dog charged out at him from a dobe, filling the night with outcry; a hayrick loomed by like a ship careening through fog; there was a smell of chickens and farmyards.

From A Deal in Wheat and Other Stories of the New and Old West by Frank Norris

"Go into the dobe with the others," he commanded gruffly.

From Kid Wolf of Texas by Paul S. (Paul Sylvester) Powers

Under the snouts of the steam shovels "dobe" shots went off as bowlders were riven into smaller fragments.

From The Ne'er-Do-Well by Rex Ellingwood Beach

“We all agree people have the right to own guns, and that using them for hunting is great and that’s fine,” said Tim Dobe, an associate professor of religion at Grinnell College.

From New York Times ● Aug. 11, 2018

“Each of these things were pushing people toward discomfort,” Mr. Dobe said.

From New York Times ● Aug. 11, 2018

Mr. Dobe characterized their message this way: “Now that you’re the president of the N.R.A., we think you kind of owe us a conversation.”

From New York Times ● Aug. 11, 2018

Duke Wayne said, 'I don't know if Dobe can act, but he looks right.'

From The Guardian ● Dec. 30, 2012

Dobe leaped after the other horse, turned at the end of the alley, and, reaching into a long, swinging gallop, pounded across the night-black open.

From Partners of Chance by Henry Herbert Knibbs