Definitions

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  • proper noun A patronymic surname.

Etymologies

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From a medieval diminutive form of the given name Robert.

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Examples

  • The US Army Recruitment Office in Dobie is located at 2025 Guadalupe, Suite 258, Dobie Mall-UT Campus, Austin, TX 78705.

    Boing Boing: December 5, 2004 - December 11, 2004 Archives 2004

  • Shirts and collars should be taken freely, as it is well to remember that the native washerman -- the well-abused "Dobie" -- has a marvellous skill in producing a saw-like rim to the starched collar and cuff of the newest shirt; while the elegant and delicate lace and embroidery, with which the fair are wont to embellish their underwear, take strange and unforeseen patterns at the hands of the skilled workmen.

    A Holiday in the Happy Valley with Pen and Pencil T. R. Swinburne

  • Laurence Darrow Brown--dubbed "Dobie" Gray by Sonny Bono, a rip from the TV sitcom The Many Loves Of Dobie Gillis--contacted one of the company's owners, Cliff Chenfeld, to license his re-recorded hits collection, something the label wasn't keen on since we were all such music geeks happily fixated on original versions.

    Mike Ragogna: I'll Miss You Dobie Gray, Plus Chatting With MTV World Exec Nusrat Durrani Mike Ragogna 2011

  • Laurence Darrow Brown--dubbed "Dobie" Gray by Sonny Bono, a rip from the TV sitcom The Many Loves Of Dobie Gillis--contacted one of the company's owners, Cliff Chenfeld, to license his re-recorded hits collection, something the label wasn't keen on since we were all such music geeks happily fixated on original versions.

    Mike Ragogna: I'll Miss You Dobie Gray, Plus Chatting With MTV World Exec Nusrat Durrani Mike Ragogna 2011

  • This line is termed Dobie’s line or Krause’s membrane (Fig. 376, k), because it was believed by Krause to be an actual membrane, continuous with the sarcolemma, and dividing the light band into two compartments.

    IV. Myology. 2. Development of the Muscles 1918

  • The Bhar-guest, or Bhar-geist, by which name it is generally acknowledged through various country parts of England, and particularly in Yorkshire, also called a Dobie -- a local spectre which haunts a particular spot under various forms -- is a deity, as his name implies, of

    Letters on Demonology and Witchcraft Walter Scott 1801

  • Immediately afterwards I said something to Silas about his sister and he trotted over to the dining room drawer where I keep their dental chews aka Dobie crack.

    zena musings 2010

  • Immediately afterwards I said something to Silas about his sister and he trotted over to the dining room drawer where I keep their dental chews aka Dobie crack.

    zena musings 2010

  • Students that act quickly will continue to enjoy community life at Dobie, get a great rate and a leap on the competition, ensuring they can spend another year calling Dobie home.

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  • It wasn't very good, and Hickman eventually went into working as a comedy executive at CBS where this aired as well as "Dobie".

    "Failure Theatre" Jaime J. Weinman 2007

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