dogie
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English[edit]
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Etymology[edit]
Unknown
Pronunciation[edit]
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈdoʊɡi/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈdəʊɡi/
- Rhymes: -əʊɡi
Noun[edit]
dogie (plural dogies)
- (US, regional, colloquial) A motherless calf in a range herd of cattle; a calf separated from its cow. [from 19th c.]
- 2013, Philipp Meyer, The Son, Simon & Schuster 2014, p. 49:
- When she was a child, her father often gave her orphaned calves to look after, and every so often, she would fold the grown ones in with the steers when they were shipped off to Fort Worth. She made enough money off her dogies to make investments in stocks […]
- 2013, Philipp Meyer, The Son, Simon & Schuster 2014, p. 49:
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References[edit]
- WordNet 3.0, Princeton University