doby

[doh-bee]

noun

Chiefly Southwestern U.S.

plural

dobies 

1. adobe.

Word History and Origins

Origin of doby¹

Aphetic form

Example Sentences

Monica Doby Davis, who once sang with the ’90s R&B girl group Brownstone and now works as an elementary school teacher, also performed “You Go to My Head.”

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From Cleveland’s own Jesse Owens winning four Olympic golds in 1936 at Berlin to Larry Doby following Jackie Robinson’s lead and becoming the American League’s first Black player and more.

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“I’m the Larry Doby of opera,” he joked, referring to the baseball player who was the second Black man after Jackie Robinson to break the major league color barrier.

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The homer was Ramírez’s 216th, moving him past Hall of Famer Larry Doby and into a tie for fifth with Carlos Santana and Hal Trosky on the Cleveland list.

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Instead, Doby argued decisions made by organ procurement organizations are crucial, including when and how they talk to families.

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