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Definition of Dobber
1. n. See Dabchick.
Definition of Dobber
1. Noun. (American English) A tool used to play Bingo; a dauber. ¹
2. Noun. (British derogatory) A member of the working class in Scotland who is seen as undereducated, with poor taste, especially in clothes, and poor social skills. Closely related to the English chav. ¹
3. Noun. (Australia derogatory) One who dobs (informs against or implicates to authority). ¹
4. Noun. (British informal) Any small electronic device that plugs directly into a larger one, such as a wireless scoring system in fencing or a USB mass storage device. ¹
5. Noun. (British mainly dialect) A large marble. ¹
6. Noun. (US regional) A float (as used by an angler). ¹
7. Noun. A dabchick. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Dobber
1. a float for a fishing line [n -S]
Medical Definition of Dobber
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Dobber
| doability doabler doabs doan' doat doated doater doaters doating doatings | doats dob in dobbed dobber (current term) dobbers dobbie dobbies dobbin dobbing dobbins | dobby dobchick dobchicks dobhash dobhashes dobie dobies dobla |
Literary usage of Dobber
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Publications by Folklore Society (Great Britain), New Shakspere Society (London, England), William Shakespeare (1901)
"Other correspondents describe “Jacks,” played al Whitefield and Haslingden, near
Manchester, with foui cubes and a “dobber,” or marble; played in youth al ..."
2. The Library of Wit and Humor, Prose and Poetry: Selected from the Literature by Ainsworth Rand Spofford, Rufus Edmonds Shapley (1894)
"Well, the showman began to swell himself up for his lecture, and the old mud-
dobber tackled the piano, and run his fingers up and down once or twice to see ..."
3. Dictionary of Americanisms: A Glossary of Words and Phrases Usually Regarded by John Russell Bartlett (1860)
"NY Com; Adv. dobber. A float to a fishing-line. So called in New York. ...
Thus buoyed up, he floated on the waves like an angler's dobber, etc. ..."
4. The Complete Angler: Or The Contemplative Man's Recreation by Izaak Walton, Charles Cotton, George Washington Bethune (1847)
"... and, strange to say, I can find no other distinct mention, among the ancients,
of the float or cork (or dobber, as it is called along the Hudson). ..."
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