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dobbin

noun

Meaning

  • An old jaded horse.

  • Sea gravel mixed with sand.

Synonyms

hack,
jade,
nag

noun

Meaning

  • Any of several animals related to Equus ferus caballus.

  • Equipment with legs.

  • Type of equipment.

  • A mass of earthy matter, or rock of the same character as the wall rock, occurring in the course of a vein, as of coal or ore; hence, to take horse (said of a vein) is to divide into branches for a distance.

  • The sedative, antidepressant, and anxiolytic drug morphine, chiefly when used illicitly.

  • An informal variant of basketball in which players match shots made by their opponent(s), each miss adding a letter to the word "horse", with 5 misses spelling the whole word and eliminating a player, until only the winner is left. Also HORSE, H-O-R-S-E or H.O.R.S.E. (see Variations of basketball#H-O-R-S-E).

  • (among students) A translation or other illegitimate aid in study or examination.

  • (among students) horseplay; tomfoolery

Synonyms

horsie,
nag,
prad,
steed,
knight,
pommel horse,
vaulting horse,
dobbin,
pony,
trot

noun

Meaning

  • Heroin (drug).

    "Alright, mate, got any horse?"

Synonyms

H,
smack