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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

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dobe Dobe

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 Norris, Frank

Farther, wind and sun had dried the ridge-turf to its normal firmness and baked the dobe flats till in places they were of their old flinty hardness.

From Raw Gold A Novel by Rowe, Clarence H. (Clarence Herbert)

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

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

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 Grey, Zane

So, with my mind at rest about him, I tacked away for the little dobe building down toward the water-front which at that day flew the American flag from the staff upon its roof.

From Swept Out to Sea Clint Webb Among the Whalers by Foster, W. Bertram

“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

Bartley had dinner, and later strolled around to the Top-Notch livery to see that Dobe was being well cared for.

From Partners of Chance by Knibbs, Henry Herbert