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  dobie

  noun

  adobe.
• Dobie
  Dobie

  noun

  (James) Frank, 1888–1964, U.S. folklorist, educator, and author.

dobie

¹ American  

[doh-bee] / ˈdoʊ bi /

noun

1. Chiefly Southwestern U.S. adobe.

2. a playing marble, especially one made of clay.

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Dobie ² American  

[doh-bee] / ˈdoʊ bi /

noun

1. (James) Frank, 1888–1964, U.S. folklorist, educator, and author.

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Etymology

Origin of dobie

An Americanism dating back to 1830–40; aphetic form

Example Sentences

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That it is very congenial to malaria, typhoid, leprosy, syphilis and the dobie itch.

From Time Magazine Archive

The 68 smugglers spread blankets, unbuckled broad money-belts from their waists, and stripped out the dobie dollars, letting them fall in clinking heaps upon the cloth.

From When the West Was Young by Bechdolt, Frederick R. (Frederick Ritchie)

A sharp-eyed scout reported two pack-mules, their aparejos bulging with dobie dollars, in the train.

From When the West Was Young by Bechdolt, Frederick R. (Frederick Ritchie)

Companies of Mexican smugglers came northward through its steep-walled border cañons driving their laden burros to lonely rendezvous where hard-eyed traders awaited them with pack-mules loaded down with dobie dollars.

From When the West Was Young by Bechdolt, Frederick R. (Frederick Ritchie)

I called on Gardiner, and talked over his trouble fully;220 he was in a loathsome dobie hole, full of vermin, and dark.

From Danger Signals Remarkable, Exciting and Unique Examples of the Bravery, Daring and Stoicism in the Midst of Danger of Train Dispatchers and Railroad Engineers by Hill, John A.

Toulouse star Kinghorn will start at full-back in place of Tom Jordan, who drops to the bench, while Van der Merwe, Scotland's record try-scorer, returns on the wing following an injury to Jamie Dobie.

From Barron's ● Feb. 19, 2026

Steyn and Dobie were nailed on to start if form over reputation was any sort of guide.

From BBC ● Feb. 5, 2026

Bristol's Tom Jordan starts at full-back, in place of Kinghorn, flanked by Glasgow wings Kyle Steyn and Jamie Dobie for the match in Rome.

From Barron's ● Feb. 5, 2026

Dobie also excelled with a typically busy display, starting at scrum-half but then moving out to the wing when Graham was replaced after his hat-trick score.

From BBC ● Nov. 1, 2025

And one dreads the crusts on the seats, especially when they require the intervention of a Dobie as well as a rag.

From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich