dogie
Americannoun
noun
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
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
Seems like I must look like a dogie to most of 'em.
From Rimrock Trail by Joseph Allan Dunn
From the big sheep men that passed their way, she begged the "dogie" lambs which they were glad to give away, and by tender care she preserved their lives.
From The American Country Girl by Martha Foote Crow
They'll stick their iron on anything from a wobbly calf or dying dogie to a staggering-with-age mosshead, an' shout 'tally one' with the same joy.
From Bar-20 Days by Clarence Edward Mulford
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