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dogie

or do·gey, do·gy

[ doh-gee ]
/ ˈdoʊ gi /
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noun Western U.S.

a motherless calf in a cattle herd.

RELATED WORDS

herd, oxen, castaway, stray, ragamuffin, urchin, foundling, drop, orphan, flotsam, fetch, jetsam, yearling, maverick, heifer, veal, stock, calves, livestock, dogies

Nearby words

doggy, doggy bag, doggy paddle, doghanged, doghouse, dogie, dogleg, dogleg fence, doglike, dogma, dogman

Origin of dogie

1885–90, Americanism; origin obscure; alleged to be doughg(uts) + -ie
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Examples from the Web for dogie

  • Riding for a dogie outfit was a hard life, but one could always get a laugh out of it somehow.

    The Fighting Edge|William MacLeod Raine

British Dictionary definitions for dogie

dogie

dogy or dogey

/ (ˈdəʊɡɪ) /

noun plural -gies or -geys

Western US and Canadian a motherless calf

Word Origin for dogie

C19: from dough-guts, because they were fed on flour and water paste
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

Word Origin and History for dogie

dogie

n.

"motherless calf in a herd," 1887, cowboy slang, of uncertain origin.

Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper