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- proper noun A patronymic
surname .
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Examples
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Dobinson said Choudhry told him during the police interview: I purposefully walked round the side of the desk so I could get close to him.
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When the interviewing officer, Detective Inspector Simon Dobinson, asked why, she replied: "Because he wanted to invade Iraq."
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Young John — as the hopelessly credulous Mark was informed by the spy Dobinson — had a slow-growing but terminal brain tumor.
"U Want Me 2 Kill Him?" Bachrach, Judy 2005
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"Boots," typed Dobinson, referring to a drugstore chain which sells many household articles, including, as it turns out, Sabatier kitchen knives.
"U Want Me 2 Kill Him?" Bachrach, Judy 2005
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Being middle-aged, she is "not with teenage talk," Dobinson admonishes Mark in the chat room, and she requests communication in more adult language.
"U Want Me 2 Kill Him?" Bachrach, Judy 2005
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When the murder was completed, Mark would, Dobinson promised, be in very good hands: "I will be a 'detective superintendent.'"
"U Want Me 2 Kill Him?" Bachrach, Judy 2005
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This Dobinson woman claimed to have urgent business with a very lofty crowd.
"U Want Me 2 Kill Him?" Bachrach, Judy 2005
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Dobinson was, as Mark had been informed, 44 and authoritative.
"U Want Me 2 Kill Him?" Bachrach, Judy 2005
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In the meantime, Dobinson added, Mark was to make sure to buy the right type of knife.
"U Want Me 2 Kill Him?" Bachrach, Judy 2005
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For one thing, Agent Dobinson was promising extraordinary rewards for his service to the Crown: £80 million, she estimated, sexual favors, a career in the intelligence service cemented by a contract.
"U Want Me 2 Kill Him?" Bachrach, Judy 2005
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