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- proper noun A patronymic
surname .
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Basically, the whole thing's an extended metaphor for the civil rights movement, with a three-foot creature called Dobby standing in for Rosa Parks.
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You told me at the Yule Ball a house-elf called Dobby had given you a Christmas present.
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire Rowling, J. K. 2000
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Career: Best known as Dobby from Channel 4's Peep Show.
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Doris "Dobby" Walker inspired generations of progressive lawyers, law students and legal workers to struggle unrelentingly for justice and equality.
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Doris "Dobby" Brin Walker, the first woman president of the National Lawyers Guild, died on August 13 at the age of 90.
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There is speculation that author J.K. Rowling, who cited Jessica as her main literary influence, named her Harry Potter house elf "Dobby" after seeing Dobby Walker's name in Jessica's books.
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Some other pet capybaras also can be followed on the Internet, such as Dobby in Seattle.
The Orange County Register - News Headlines : News By LINDA LOMBARDI 2010
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"Dobby" after seeing Dobby Walker's name in Jessica's books.
The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com Marjorie Cohn 2009
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I was so shocked at how sad I was when Dobby died.
What TV or movie death scenes have left you disappointed? | EW.com 2009
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A token amount of plot: When we last left Harry Potter, Hermione Granger, and Ron Weasley, they had just buried their slain companion Dobby the House Elf and were continuing on their quest to find the last remaining Horcruxes if you don't know what a Horcrux is and why they must be destroyed, DO NOT see Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part II this weekend.
Scott Mendelson: HuffPost Review: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part II Scott Mendelson 2011
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