dobv.
/dɒb/, U.S. /dɑb/ 1. = dab v.1 3.
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1821 J. W. Masters Dick & Sal lxxxii, in Kent. Dial. So den I dobb'd him down the stuff.
1881 Cheq. Career 251 She deliberately lifted up her off hind-leg, and ‘dobbed’ it down into the milk-pail.
2. To betray, inform against. Const. in. Australian slang.
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1959 S. J. Baker Drum (1960) 105 Dob in, to betray, to focus blame on another; esp. to dob someone in.
1963 E. Thompson Lawyer & Carpenter vi. 100 Any time you run outside the law, I won't dob you in, either.
1964 Punch 18 Nov. 750/2 Those Canberra wowsers have really dobbed us in this time.
1970 M. Kelly Spinifex vii. 113 You won't dob me into the demons.
Draft additions March 2008
intransitive. slang (originally and chiefly Australian). With on. To inform on, betray.
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1979 J. Summons Lamb of God 43 He and his mates would've got me after school. They bash you up if you dob on them.
1986 Advertiser (Adelaide) (Nexis) 28 May Some ‘bikies’ who told him he had been beaten because he had ‘dobbed’ on them and owed them money for drugs.
1997 Independent 8 Apr. (Suppl.) 3/4 Say you've accidentally breached confidentiality and a patient threatens to dob on you unless you hand over a binful of barbiturates. What do you do?
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DOB
DOB n. date of birth.
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1955 C. M. Virtue Company Admin. & Personnel Section (ed. 24) App. 400/1 Authorized Abbreviations..date of birth..DOB.
1973 Tips Spring 46/2 His DOB is 22 Jun 38.
1988 Observer 6 July 52/4 (advt.) Christening Gift. Baby's name, DOB. Beautifully hand lettered.
1994 N.Y. Mag. 21 May 140/3 Is your DOB 1954-45?
2001 J. C. Grimwood Pashazade (2003) xii. 64 Reaching under his seat, Clem yanked out a briefcase. ‘The combination's your DOB.’
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