dogie
Meanings
Plural: dogies
Noun
- motherless calf in a range herd of cattle
- A motherless calf in a range herd of cattle; a calf separated from its cow.
Origin / Etymology
Unknown.
Possibly an abbreviation of dough-guts, the pot bellied appearance of a malnourished calf. Possibly the transliteration of the slang word dobie/dobe/doby, pejoratively meaning inferior. Since dogie and dobie in reference to an orphaned calf both appeared in print around the same time (1880-1888), it is possible that dogie is the original and dobie is the transliteration.
Scrabble Score: 7
dogie is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL worddogie is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
dogie is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 8
dogie is a valid Words With Friends word