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dobbin|ˈdɒbɪn|
[the proper name Dobbin (dim. of Dob, altered forms of Robin, Rob, dim. of Robert) as a pet name. Sense 2 may be a distinct word; there are other dialectal uses.]
1. An ordinary draught or farm horse; sometimes contemptuously, an old horse, a jade.
1596Shakes. Merch. V. ii. ii. 100 Thou hast got more haire on thy chin, then Dobbin my philhorse has on his taile. 1862Sala Accepted Addr. 229 The dappled dobbins wink lazily. 1871Miss Mulock Fair France 5 Bits of shiny brass..jangling about their fore legs, in a fashion which British Dobbin would never submit to.
b. attrib., as dobbin-cart, an Irish four-wheeled carriage used for travelling, and generally drawn by two horses; dobbin-wheels, the large hind wheels of a timber cart (Cheshire Gloss. 1884).
2. A small drinking-vessel.
1792Gentl. Mag. LXII i. 179 A..quantity of plate..10 silver tankards, 9 cans, 14 silver dobbins. 1821J. Marsden Sketches Early Life (ed. 3) 92 A little bread and cheese and a dobbin, or about a gill of Welsh ale. |