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dogie

dogie

3 9.9
A young calf without its mother in a cattle herd
  • noun
  • /ˈdoʊɡi/
  • Archaic
: ternero huérfano
  • A dogie often needs extra attention after being separated from its mother during the cattle drive.
  • little dogie
  • Get along, little dogie

Examples

  • Get along, little dogie, I thought, prodding it back.

    Fiction book (1990)

  • You can run, little dogie, but you can't hide!

    The Peanuts Movie (2015)

  • Move 'em out, little dogies.

    Say It Isn't So (2001)

  • I don't want to round these dogies up again, and that's no bull!

    American Virgin (2009)

  • The rancher found a lost dogie and decided to care for it until he could find its mother.

  • While tending to the herd, the cowboy noticed a dogie that had strayed away from the others.

Synonyms

leppy
vsdogie
  • Jargon
9.9

A young calf without a mother often cared for by ranchers

is the same meaning but is the alternative regional form
dogy
vsdogie
  • Jargon
9.9

A calf without its mother in a herd that people raise by hand

refers to a motherless calf without implying special care

Surface Forms

dogie singular
dogies plural

Etymology

Dogie is cowboy talk from the American West for a 'motherless calf' often found alone on the range. One helpful way to remember it is to imagine a small, lonely calf like a lost dog, which explains why a dogie needs extra care.