Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Apiece; a lump: a big lump.
- noun A large heavy taw or marble.
- noun The cork or float of a fishing-line.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Zoöl.) See
dabchick . - noun Local, U. S. A float to a fishing line.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun US A tool used to play
bingo ; adauber . - noun UK, derogatory A member of the
working class inScotland who is seen asundereducated , with poor taste, especially in clothes, and poor social skills. Closely related to the Englishchav . - noun Australia, derogatory One who
dobs (informs against or implicates to authority). - noun UK, informal Any small
electronic device that plugs directly into a larger one, such as a wireless scoring system infencing or aUSB mass storage device . - noun UK A large
marble . - noun US, regional A
float (as used by anangler ). - noun A
dabchick .
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Examples
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Nearly 60,000 people contacted the tax office to accuse someone of fraud in 2008-09, suggesting the only thing Australians hate more than a dobber is a cheat.
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Nearly 60,000 people contacted the Tax Office to accuse someone of fraud in 2008-09, suggesting the only thing Australians hate more than a dobber is a cheat.
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Nearly 60,000 people contacted the Tax Office to accuse someone of fraud in 2008-09, suggesting the only thing Australians hate more than a dobber is a cheat.
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Nearly 60,000 people contacted the Tax Office to accuse someone of fraud in 2008-09, suggesting the only thing Australians hate more than a dobber is a cheat.
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Nearly 60,000 people contacted the Tax Office to accuse someone of fraud in 2008-09, suggesting the only thing Australians hate more than a dobber is a cheat.
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Coleman turned down the next aisle and over his shoulder said, Keep your dobber up.
Extreme Measures Vince Flynn 2009
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J.B. Arrington said dirt dobber insects are building their nests inside barns rather than outside to stay warm for the winter.
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J.B. Arrington said dirt dobber insects are building their nests inside barns rather than outside to stay warm for the winter.
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And then from there they moved on to the next section where they used a dobber.
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It belonged to her and she drove it regularly to go play cards and bingo I even found an ink dobber under the seat once.
frindley commented on the word dobber
Australian slang. One who dobs someone in by reporting their misdemeanour(s) to an authority – an especially heinous act if it gets one's friends into trouble. ("No one likes a dobber.") Think: to grass, to squeal, to finger.
September 8, 2008
bilby commented on the word dobber
Yikes. 6 meanings here that were unfamiliar to me.
April 22, 2011