dogie

[ doh-gee ]

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nounWestern U.S.

a motherless calf in a cattle herd.

Origin of dogie

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

Also do·gey, do·gy .

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How to use dogie in a sentence

The outfit reached the limit of its circle and turned toward home, sending its cuts of dogies on before it.
Bat Wing Bowles | Dane Coolidge
They rounded up the pastures then, one after the other, and soon the great herd of dogies was strung out on the road.
Bat Wing Bowles | Dane Coolidge
The girl watched her father drive half a dozen dogies into the mountain corral perched precariously on the hillside.
The Fighting Edge | William MacLeod Raine
Whoopee ti yi, git along, little dogies;It's my misfortune and none of your own.
Cowboy Songs | Various
O say, little dogies, when you goin' to lay down And quit this forever siftin' around?
Cowboy Songs | Various

British Dictionary definitions for dogie

dogie

dogy or dogey

/ (ˈdəʊɡɪ) /

nounplural -gies or -geys

Western US and Canadian a motherless calf

Origin of dogie

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

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