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Examples
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I took the dobies, german shepards, chow mixes and newfies seriously.
You think because a chimpanzee knows you, he doesn't hate you? Ann Althouse 2009
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The wild varieties of indigo which grow on the sea-shore are used by the dobies
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The station buildings were long, low huts, made of sun-dried, mud-colored bricks, laid up without mortar (_adobes_, the Spaniards call these bricks, and Americans shorten it to _'dobies_).
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Fifth, a heated discussion of the relative values of puries, pottries, agates, crystals, and 'dobies.
The Madigans Miriam Michelson 1906
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The station buildings were long, low huts, made of sundried, mud-colored bricks, laid up without mortar (adobes, the Spaniards call these bricks, and Americans shorten it to 'dobies).
Roughing It, Part 1. Mark Twain 1872
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"Well, yes, if a body may call it that; though it's a pretty strong term for 'dobies and jackass rabbits, boiled beans and slap-jacks, depression, withered hopes, poverty in all its varieties --"
The American Claimant Mark Twain 1872
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The station buildings were long, low huts, made of sundried, mud-colored bricks, laid up without mortar (adobes, the Spaniards call these bricks, and Americans shorten it to 'dobies).
Roughing It Mark Twain 1872
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The station buildings were long, low huts, made of sundried, mud-colored bricks, laid up without mortar (adobes, the Spaniards call these bricks, and Americans shorten it to 'dobies).
Roughing It 1871
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The _dobies_ were employed in washing and ironing their master's clothes, while the other servants and camp-followers were mending, making, and repairing garments, saddles, and harness, and tackle of all descriptions.
Mark Seaworth William Henry Giles Kingston 1847
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Been feeding both my dobies Rambo & Rusty, Nutro Max Large Breed Senior for years and was quite happy with it.
unknown title 2009
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