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dobbins

dobbins is the plural of dobbin.

Meaning of dobbin

Noun

dobbin (countable and uncountable, plural dobbins)

  1. An old jaded horse.
    Synonyms:
    hack, jade, nag
  2. (UK, dialectal, uncountable) Sea gravel mixed with sand.
  3. (dated, slang, among students) Synonym of horse (illegitimate study aid)
    Synonyms:
    horse

See all 7 meanings of dobbin

Proper noun capitalized: Dobbins

Dobbins

  1. A surname originating as a patronymic.
  2. A census-designated place in Yuba County, California, United States.

Forms of dobbins

alternative formDobyns

Origin of dobbins

Dobbin + -s (“patronymic suffix”)

Questions about dobbins

What does dobbins mean?
Dobbins means a surname originating as a patronymic.
What is dobbins the plural of?
Dobbins is the plural of dobbin.
What part of speech is dobbins?
Dobbins is a proper noun.

Words near dobbins in the dictionary

  1. dobbies
  2. dobbin
  3. dobbing
  4. dobbing in
  5. Dobbings
  6. dobbins
  7. Dobbinson
  8. Dobbs
  9. Dobbs Ferry
  10. Dobbses
  11. dobby

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Adapted from Wiktionary: dobbins (page history and authors); Dobbins (page history and authors); dobbin (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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