dobe

¹

[ doh-bee ]

noun

1. Informal. adobe.

Dobe

²

[ dohb ]

noun

1. Doberman pinscher.

Word History and Origins

Origin of dobe¹

Aphetic form

Origin of dobe²

First recorded in 1945–50; by shortening

Example Sentences

By the time I got him there I was willing to bet my last "silver 'dobe" that he weighed a ton.

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Dobe promptly caught the change of his rider's mental attitude and stepped out briskly.

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When Dobe trotted--an easy, swinging trot that ate into the miles--Bartley tried to post, English style.

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Dobe turned and marched deliberately away from the road, heading toward the west, and nickered.

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Dobe shied and snorted as a figure loomed in the dusk, and Cheyenne was peering up at him.

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