Usually means: Old, plodding horse; often workhorse.
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  1. dobbin: Merriam-Webster
  2. dobbin: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. dobbin: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. dobbin: Collins English Dictionary
  5. dobbin: Vocabulary.com
  6. Dobbin, dobbin: Wordnik
  7. Dobbin, dobbin: Wiktionary
  8. dobbin: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. dobbin: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  10. dobbin: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. Dobbin, dobbin: Dictionary.com
  12. dobbin: Online Etymology Dictionary
  13. Dobbin: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  14. Dobbin: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  15. dobbin: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  16. dobbin: Rhymezone
  17. Dobbin: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  18. Dobbin: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)
  19. dobbin: FreeDictionary.org
  20. dobbin: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  21. dobbin: Mnemonic Dictionary
  22. dobbin: TheFreeDictionary.com
  23. dobbin: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. dobbin: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. dobbin: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (Dobbin)

▸ noun:  An old jaded horse.
▸ noun:  (UK, dialect, uncountable) Sea gravel mixed with sand.
▸ noun:  (dated, slang, among students) Synonym of horse (illegitimate study aid)
▸ noun:  A surname originating as a patronymic.
▸ noun:  A pet name given to workhorses, and by extension, a placeholder name used for any workhorse, much like John Q. Public and other such placeholders are used for people.
▸ noun:  An unincorporated community in Montgomery County, Texas, United States.
▸ noun:  An unincorporated community in Grant County, West Virginia, United States.

Similar:
farm horse, doddard, dooker, doddie, dodderer, dodipole, doddle, doater, Dobe, Dobbie, more...

Opposite:
horse, mare, stallion, filly, colt

Types:
Clydesdale, Shire, Percheron, Suffolk Punch, Belgian, more...

Phrases:
Lewis Dobbin, Jim Dobbin, fitted dobbin with two new pairs, command to dobbin, more...

Adjectives:
old, honest, poor, faithful, good, dear, late, unfortunate, affectionate, sighted, gawky
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Similar:
farm horse, doddard, dooker, doddie, dodderer, dodipole, doddle, doater, Dobe, Dobbie, more...

Opposite:
horse, mare, stallion, filly, colt

Types:
Clydesdale, Shire, Percheron, Suffolk Punch, Belgian, more...

Phrases:
Lewis Dobbin, Jim Dobbin, fitted dobbin with two new pairs, command to dobbin, more...

Adjectives:
old, honest, poor, faithful, good, dear, late, unfortunate, affectionate, sighted, gawky



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