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• dobie
  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

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

From Time Magazine Archive

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.

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)

The alkali plains, or deserts, as they are230 often erroneously called, are great stretches of adobe soil, known as "dobie" by the natives.

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.