Meaning of dobber | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A member of the working class in Scotland or Ireland who is seen as undereducated, with poor taste, especially in clothes, and poor social skills.
   UK, derogatory
2. One who dobs (someone) (informs against them or implicates them to authority).
   Australia, UK, derogatory
3. Any small electronic device that plugs directly into a larger one, such as a wireless scoring system in fencing or a USB mass storage device.
   British, informal
4. A large marble.
   British, Ireland, dialectal
5. A float (as used by an angler).
   US, regional
6. Spirit, pluck, self-esteem.
   US, broadly, figuratively, regional
7. A dabchick.
8. A part of a planter.
   rare
9. A penis, especially a relatively large one.
   Ireland, Northern-England, Scotland, UK, especially, slang

Examples

“Said she wasn't going but she went still / Likes her gentlemen not to be gentle / Was it a Mecca dobber or a betting pencil?”

“Nikki is such a dobber, she told the teacher that I hit Karen in the playground.”

“In awakening us to our powerlessness, whistleblowers produce all sorts of crisscrossed emotions. Should we respond to them as truth-bearing ethical citizens, or spiteful, griping dobbers?”

“‘Not only that,’ Graeme continued, ‘but Simone′s a dobber – and no-one likes a dobber, do they, K?[…]’”

“The question was whether the dobber had simply dobbed or whether he had planted the weapons.”

“They were the biggest rosary beads I ever saw, the beads were the size of big marbles or dobbers or taws. Dobbers and taws we used to play with in the channels beside the footpaths, when we used to play the road games.”

“In attaching this dobber or float, tie it on as short a tippet as you can manage and attach it to the leader from four to six feet above the nymph.”

“I went to the ballgame [in San Francisco] in April, and I was booed. I never was before that. It affected my dobber, my psyche.”

“Well, I got my dobber down, and I thought I was on my way back to Montreal. And I recall sitting down at the end of the dugout by myself and feeling damn dejected, I'll tell ya.”

“"Be patient, honey," Jim kept telling her. "Life will get better. You know it will. Keep your dobber up, as my grandmother always said.””

“Plate 17. The wheels of a potato planter which are adjustable on the axle to control row spacing, while the ‘dobbers’ may have their position adjusted around the slots in the wheels (Farmland Museum, Haddenham)”

“[…] including their soil block planter, tractor mounted and suitable for use in 1.8 and 1.9m systems. The standard machine is fitted with 35 by 7cm rear depth wheels and a 55cm diameter drum, complete with bands of dobbers spaced at 30cm.”

“He puts a hand around it, tries to mind what it means, the having of a penis. Nothing's doing but. His dobber's no sure about it either, and the two of them dither there for a while, waiting for something to happen, a connection.”

“"Yes, but to jump into bed with another woman right after being with you. That's just plain disgusting. He needs to keep his dobber in his bloody pants.' Caitlin huffed indignantly.”

“"You should ha'e cut his dobber off," Inan opined with disgust. "I can'y stand men like that. Tryin' to take what isna on offer."”

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