Definition of Dobbing

1. Proper noun. (surname patronymic from=given names) ¹

2. Verb. (present participle of dob) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Dobbing

1. dob [v] - See also: dob

Lexicographical Neighbors of Dobbing

doat
doated
doater
doaters
doating
doatings
doats
dob in
dobbed
dobber
dobbers
dobbie
dobbies
dobbin
dobbing (current term)
dobbins
dobby
dobchick
dobchicks
dobhash
dobhashes
dobie
dobies
dobla
doblas
doblon
doblones
doblons
dobra

Literary usage of Dobbing

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the English Courts of Common Law by Great Britain Bail Court (1872)
"It is clear that the consideration for the defendants' promise was not in part and severally moving from the plaintiff and dobbing and Gardner, ..."

2. The Exchequer Reports: Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Courts by Great Britain Court of Exchequer, Great Britain Court of Exchequer Chamber (1868)
"And each of them, the defendant, and the said J. dobbing, for himself, his heirs, &c., did thereby covenant with each and every of ..."

3. Cases Argued and Determined in the Court of Common Pleas and in the by Great Britain Court of Common Pleas, Great Britain Court of Exchequer, John Scott (1859)
"Averment, that the said persons to whom the said memorandum or agreement was addressed were and are the plaintiff and the said Robert dobbing and James ..."

4. In Castle and Cabin: Or, Talks in Ireland in 1887 by George Pellew (1888)
"It is perhaps not surprising that, in the words of a magistrate, “Father McFadden and Colonel dobbing are like cat and dog. dobbing insists on the tenants ..."

5. Longman's Magazine by Charles James Longman (1893)
"I go dobbing and dobbing away and catch nothing but flounders, but Agatha just sits with her hands folded and catches a beautiful codling. ..."

6. Original Journals of the Lewis and Clark Expedition: 1804-1806; Part 1 & 2 by Reuben Gold Thwaites (2001)
"... last night and all day to day moderately. we continued at the cabins dobbing & shink[l]ing of them, fall several trees which would not split into ..."

7. A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames: With Special American Instances by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley (1901)
"Dob- m : cf. Rob and Rob-in. Dobbin, '.rom being a pet name for a horse, became a specific term for an old and jaded horse. Of course the^ in dobbing and ..."

8. Reports of Cases Decided by the English Courts: With Notes and References to by Nathaniel Cleveland Moak, John Thomas Cook (1872)
"Fleet & dobbing, are merchants in London, and the defendants, Messrs. Murton & "Webb, are brokers in the ... Fleet & dobbing. London, 30th of October, 1869. ..."

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