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
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
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 Seltzer, Charles Alden
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