Definition of Dobies

1. dobie [n] - See also: dobie

Lexicographical Neighbors of Dobies

dob in
dobbed
dobber
dobbers
dobbie
dobbies
dobbin
dobbing
dobbins
dobby
dobchick
dobchicks
dobhash
dobhashes
dobie
dobies (current term)
dobla
doblas
doblon
doblones
doblons
dobra
dobras
dobro
dobros
dobs
dobson
dobson fly
dobsonflies
dobsonfly

Literary usage of Dobies

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

1. The Eastern Seas: Or, Voyages and Adventures in the Indian Archipelago, in by George Windsor Earl (1837)
"Malacca- born Chinese.—Arrival of the Junks from China.—Landing of the Emigrants.—Secret Societies.—Attack of a Band of Robbers on the dobies ..."

2. The Eastern Seas: Or, Voyages and Adventures in the Indian Archipelago, in by George Windsor Earl (1837)
"Malacca- born Chinese.—Arrival of the Junks from China.—Landing of the Emigrants.—Secret Societies.—Attack of a Band of Robbers on the dobies ..."

3. A Practical Treatise on the Manufacture of Brick, Tiles and Terra-cotta by Charles Thomas Davis (1895)
"Buildings constructed of adobes are termed, in the Western States, " dobies," and in Mexico, Texas, Colorado, New Mexico, and Arizona, buildings so ..."

4. Transactions of the American Ceramic Society Containing the Papers and by American Ceramic Society (1916)
"In parts of this country, it has become a feature of the regular business of some factories to produce what are called 'dobies.' These dobies or blocks are ..."

5. The Texas Vendetta, Or, The Sutton-Taylor Feud by Victor M. Rose (1880)
"Is it a wonder that many of these impoverished veterans determined to "make up for lost time in branding dobies ? " The conduct of our people in this trying ..."

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