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US
/ˈdɑbsən/
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NOUN
- large soft-bodied insect having long slender mandibles in the male; aquatic larvae often used as bait
- large brown aquatic larva of the dobsonfly; used as fishing bait
How To Use dobson In A Sentence
- It is a feeling that Mick Dobson, a 47-year-old binman, cannot quite shake off. North of England fears public sector axe in a return to divided Britain
- River smallmouths bite any number of baits but show the most enthusiasm for hellgrammites, the larvae of dobsonflies. Rivers of Bronze
- No sign of Dobson and his goon, but one bloke was stock-still on the pavement, keeping his eyes on us even when jostled. THE TARTAN RINGERS
- I cannot forget the excerpt from one of Dobson's books about how he chased his wienie dog around with a belt determined to win the battle (his words). Alas and alack for us, lawyers and pharisees, hypocrites that we are...
- Survivors include seven children, Marybeth McDonald of Vienna, Michael Dobson of Evergreen, Colo., Elizabeth Dobson, church member
- Ballade" was also the name of a somewhat intricate French stanza form, employed by Gower and Chaucer, and recently reintroduced into English verse by Dobson, Lang, Goose, and others, along with the virelay, rondeau, triolet, etc. A History of English Romanticism in the Eighteenth Century
- The fierce-looking, winged dobsonfly has a life cycle that lasts two to five years.
- Mrs Dobson said the task of the trust has become more difficult over the years as property prices escalated and they had to compete with developers hoping to make fat profits.
- Mrs Dobson invited us to dinner after church.
- This Dobson critter is a religious determinist, specifically, a variant of a Calvinist predestinarian (John Calvin, 16th Century Protestant theologian; a Protestant when being a Protestant could get you burned at the stake). Think Progress » James Dobson to start new nonprofit and radio show, giving him ‘greater leeway to hold forth on politics.’
