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单词 dogie
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dogie

[ doh-gee ]
/ ˈdoʊ gi /
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noun Western U.S.

a motherless calf in a cattle herd.
Also do·gey, do·gy .

Origin of dogie

An Americanism first recorded in 1885–90; origin obscure; alleged to be doughg(uts) + -ie

Words nearby dogie

doggy style, dog handler, doghanged, dog hook, doghouse, dogie, dog in the manger, dog iron, dog it, dog Latin, dogleg
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Example sentences from the Web for dogie

  • Riding for a dogie outfit was a hard life, but one could always get a laugh out of it somehow.

    The Fighting Edge|William MacLeod Raine

British Dictionary definitions for dogie

dogie

dogy or dogey

/ (ˈdəʊɡɪ) /

noun plural -gies or -geys

Western US and Canadian a motherless calf

Word Origin for dogie

C19: from dough-guts, because they were fed on flour and water paste
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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