Definitions

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  • proper noun A patronymic surname.

Etymologies

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From Dobbin +‎ -son.

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Examples

  • 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

  • "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

  • 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

  • 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

  • This Dobinson woman claimed to have urgent business with a very lofty crowd.

    "U Want Me 2 Kill Him?" Bachrach, Judy 2005

  • Dobinson was, as Mark had been informed, 44 and authoritative.

    "U Want Me 2 Kill Him?" Bachrach, Judy 2005

  • 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

  • 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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