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

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)

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)

They banded together in formidable outfits to guard the dobie dollars which loaded down the aparejos during the northern journey.

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

Here a jangling note, out of tune and harsh, was struck by the dobie, with whom we had a grave difference of opinion regarding the washing.

From A Holiday in the Happy Valley with Pen and Pencil by Swinburne, T. R.