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Dobu

American  
[doh-boo] / ˈdoʊ bu /

noun

  • Dobus,
    plural
  • Dobu
    plural
  1. a member of a Melanesian people who inhabit the settlement of Dobu, in Papua New Guinea.

  2. the Austronesian language of the Dobu.


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A peculiar device is reported from Dobu, New Guinea.

From Folkways A Study of the Sociological Importance of Usages, Manners, Customs, Mores, and Morals by William Graham Sumner

"I'm sure they sat after the ladies at Carlton House; didn't they, Lady Pash?" says Dobus, who likes his glass.

From Men's Wives by William Makepeace Thackeray

"Look here," said he, opening his chest, and shaking his fist at Dobus; "look what Angelica and that infernal Dobus have brought me to."

From Men's Wives by William Makepeace Thackeray

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