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Webster 1913 Edition

Dobbin

Dob′bin

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Noun.

1.

An old jaded horse.

Shak.

2.

Sea gravel mixed with sand.

[Prov. Eng.]

Definition 2024

Dobbin

Dobbin

See also: dobbin

English

Proper noun

Dobbin

A patronymic surname.

dobbin

dobbin

See also: Dobbin

English

Noun

dobbin ‎(plural dobbins)

An old jaded horse.
(Britain, dialect) Sea gravel mixed with sand.
(dated, slang, among students) Synonym of horse (illegitimate study aid)

Synonyms

(old jaded horse): hack, jade, nag

Translations

old broken-down horse

French: carne (fr) f
German: Schindmähre f, Mähre (de) f, Klepper (de) m
Russian: кля́ча (ru) f ‎(kljáča), одёр (ru) m ‎(odjór)

Spanish: ruco (es) m (Latin America), matalón m
Volapük: (male or female) lujevod (vo)