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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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
Then frisky fate dealt Tex Langford as rude a bulldogging as any Panhandle dogie ever got.
From Time Magazine Archive
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
There ain't no use lookin' for that dogie.
From The Two-Gun Man by Charles Alden Seltzer
He had not reported the finding of the dead cow, intending to return the next morning to look the ground over and to fetch the "dogie" back to the home ranch.
From The Two-Gun Man by Charles Alden Seltzer
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