▪ I. dobber1 U.S. local.
(ˈdɒbə(r))
[a. Du. dobber float, cork.]
The float of an angler's fishing-line.
| 1809 W. Irving Knickerb. ii. v. (1849) 113 He floated on the waves..like an angler's dobber. |
▪ II. dobber2 Chiefly dial.
(ˈdɒbə(r))
[f. dob, dial. var. dab a lump (dab n.1); cf. dabber 2.]
A large marble.
| 1874 E. Waugh Chimney Corner (1879) 116 He's as numb as a clay dobber. 1875 Nodal & Milner Gloss. Lancs. Dial. 107 Dobber..a large marble. 1934 J. O'Hara Appt. Samarra vii. 186 There was a game of marbles called Dobbers, played with marbles the size of lemons. You played it in the gutter..throwing your Dobber at the other fellow's. 1961 Times 17 Apr. 12/6 Bending down to bowl along the pitch to the ring of marbles with what we called a ‘dobber’. |