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dobson

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[ dob-suhn ]

Dobson

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[ dob-suhn ]

noun

  1. (Henry) Austin, 1840–1921, English poet, biographer, and essayist.
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Word History and Origins

Origin of dobson1

An Americanism dating back to 1880–85; by shortening
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Example Sentences

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Jingo! we've tried everything, from grasshoppers, dobsons, and live bait down to worms; they just look at it, and then look up at the boat over their heads, and scoot.

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One day he will take only dobsons, or crawfish; the next, he may prefer minnows, and again, he will rise to the fly or a bucktail spinner.

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Here we are, and it certainly is a lovely brook, whether we find a dobson in it or not.

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Yes, Nell, the dobson is the new insect we shall try to find.

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Let us put the dobson back into the brook.

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