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dobber |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Dobber \Dob"ber\, n. 1. (Zo["o]l.) See {Dabchick}. 2. A float to a fishing line [Local, U. S.] From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Dabchick \Dab"chick`\, n. [For dabchick. See {Dap}, {Dip}, cf {Dipchick}.] (Zo["o]l.) A small water bird ({Podilymbus podiceps}), allied to the grebes, remarkable for its quickness in diving; -- called also {dapchick}, {dobchick}, {dipchick}, {didapper}, {dobber}, {devil-diver}, {hell-diver}, and {pied-billed grebe}.
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