dogie

American  

[doh-gee] / ˈdoʊ gi /

Also dogey,

noun

Western U.S.

1. a motherless calf in a cattle herd.

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dogie British  

/ ˈdəʊɡɪ /

noun

1. a motherless calf

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Etymology

Origin of dogie

An Americanism first recorded in 1885–90; origin obscure; alleged to be doughg(uts) + -ie

Example Sentences

Then frisky fate dealt Tex Langford as rude a bulldogging as any Panhandle dogie ever got.

From Time Magazine Archive

For the last time Billy Hill's cowboy coaxed his steers-into line: Git along, little dogie, git along, git Git along, little dogie, git along.�

From Time Magazine Archive

To be more exact, a dogie is a calf whose mama has died and whose papa has run off with another cow.

From Time Magazine Archive

"Probably Dutchy didn't take no note of what the locoed little dogie DID say," thinks I to myself.

From Arizona Nights by White, Stewart Edward

“Ridin’ for a dogie outfit ain’t no sin-cure, as Blister told you while he was splicin’ you ’n’ Miss Tolliver,” Dud went on.

From The Fighting Edge by Raine, William MacLeod