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dogie

American  
[doh-gee] / ˈdoʊ gi /
Also dogey,

noun

Western U.S.
  1. a motherless calf in a cattle herd.


dogie British  
/ ˈdəʊɡɪ /

noun

  1. a motherless calf

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of dogie

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

Example Sentences

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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

There was a jam at the gates, a break or two, and then the first timid dogie stepped fearfully into the enclosure.

From Bat Wing Bowles by Coolidge, Dane

"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

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