10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DOBBER-IN»
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... Dobber, in eager confirmation of Searchy's confidence. “W'at's told me, croaks
wit' me.” “Don't I know it P” retorted Searchy as scorning a doubt. "Well, then, this
is the racket. Spiker's th' main squeeie, pres'dent, d'ye see, of th' United Order of ...
“Why would thearmy want totake you guysto someplace without telling you where
,”said Dobber, in amazement. “Really Freddie, maybe you shouldbeabit careful.
Whilst the armed services are technically civil servants, they do get into some ...
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Earth: The Salvage Game: The Death of Thera
Grandfather hesitated, as though he was trying to figure out how to tell Dobber in
a way that wasn't too shocking, and tell it in a way that was still believable. “How
do I begin?” He scratched his bald head, puzzling for a way to start. After what ...
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The buckeye doctor: a tale for physicians and for ...
If that feller has the diplomy they say he has, I'm afeerd they won't need me an'
you," returned Dobber in a discouraged tone. The words and the manner of the
speaker emphasized the lingering doubt in Paull's mind. " I tell you what, Dobber,
...
William Wesley Pennell,
1903
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Aliens Land at Manchester Airport
I've been watching Gavin at the controls. I can fly this thing. You might have to
help me with some of the switches. They're not designed for twiddling by paw.” “I
think we'd better get down straight away”, said Dobber, “in case he needs a
doctor.
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English: Meaning and Culture
I have examined the meaning and the cultural significance ofthe verb dob and
the noun dobber in a number of earlier publications (see Wierzbicka 1984, 1986a
, 1991, 1992, 1997). Here, I will restrict myselfto pointing out that the salient ...
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The Concise New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and ...
Also 'dob' US, 1974 dobber-in noun an informer; a telltale AUSTRALIA, 1958
dobbing-in noun informing AUSTRALIA, 1994 do bears shit in the woods? yes; a
nonsense retort used as an affirmative answer to a silly question, often sarcastic.
Terry Victor, Tom Dalzell,
2007
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Chabers 21st Century Dictionary
dobber or dobber-in noun. © 20c: from 19c English dialect meaning to put down*.
dob o abbreviation date of birth. Dobermann pinscher /'doobaman 'pinj3(r)/ or
Dobermann t> noun a large breed of dog with a smooth black-and-tan coat.
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Risk Management
in Financial Institutions: Formulating Value ...
Drs. Koen Munniksma Dr. Menno Dobber In recent years the needs for
professional skills in the modeling and management of credit risk have rapidly
increased and credit risk modeling has become an important topic in the field of
finance and ...
J. H. M. Van Grinsven,
2010
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Gamble
in the Devil's Chalk
... bay – and nearly drowned financially in just a few feet of calm water when we
struck our dobber in the dirt, differentially, three times and had to sidetrack each
time – may you never have a daily drilling report beginning “STTD-2 14, 453.
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Wednesday's soap preview : Tina is utterly helpless in Coronation …
... waiting for him at home. Adam tells Robbie that Debbie was the dobber-in – a turn of events almost as hard for him to believe as it is to say. «Mirror.co.uk, Jun 13»