moby

/ (ˈməʊbɪ) /

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noun plural -bies

informal a mobile phone

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How to use moby in a sentence

Like Moby-Dick, River Bend Chronicle mixes together narrative and essays, not always in chronological order.
The ‘Moby-Dick’ of Memoirs: ‘River Bend Chronicle’|Tom LeClair|June 2, 2013|DAILY BEAST
SAAD MOHSENI CHAIRMAN AND CEO, MOBY GROUP Saad Mohseni is the chairman and CEO of MOBY Group.
See Who’s Coming to Women in the World 2013: Speakers & Participants||March 6, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Almost as bad as the reviews that Moby Dick received, which were abysmally negative.
Joyce Carol Oates Salutes Norman Mailer|Joyce Carol Oates|October 24, 2012|DAILY BEAST
His screenplay for the film version of Moby Dick, for instance, is pretty much DOA.
Ray Bradbury, Dead at 91, Taught Generations of Readers How to Dream|Malcolm Jones|June 6, 2012|DAILY BEAST

Moby Group, which owns Tolo TV, the station on which the program airs, would not disclose details of the sponsorship deal.
In Afghanistan, a Boom in Red Bull|Mujib Mashal|May 19, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Mardi is a tragedy of heaven, Moby Dick a tragedy of hell, and Pierre a tragedy of the world we live in.
When Winter Comes to Main Street|Grant Martin Overton
For the peculiar snow-white brow of Moby Dick, and his snow-white hump, could not but be unmistakable.
Moby Dick; or The Whale|Herman Melville
Sway me up, men; ye have been deceived; not Moby Dick casts one odd jet that way, and then disappears.
Moby Dick; or The Whale|Herman Melville
It was Moby Dick's open mouth and scrolled jaw; his vast, shadowed bulk still half blending with the blue of the sea.
Moby Dick; or The Whale|Herman Melville
Try reading some of the Moby Lane dialogue aloud and you will see what I mean.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 150, January 26, 1916|Various

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