Definition of "dobie" [dobie]

• Adobe. (noun)
• Same as dhoby. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "The alkali plains, or deserts, as they are often erroneously called, are great stretches of adobe soil, known as "dobie" by the natives."
• "We had a miniature dobie when I was growing up, and he was mauled by a neighbor's great Dane."
• "Here's what Jordumb heard, as her facial gyrations made abundantly clear: "Technotronics is abba dabba dabba dobie wobie gibble gabble under the earth's gobbledygook.""