See dobby on Wiktionary
{
"etymology_text": "From Dobby.",
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{
"form": "dobbies",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
},
{
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"alternative"
]
}
],
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},
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],
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}
],
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"A device in some looms that allows the weaving of small geometric patterns."
],
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"geometric",
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],
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"pattern",
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},
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"The patterns so woven, or the fabric containing the patterns."
],
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},
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}
],
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"An evil or mischievous fairy or ghost sometimes said to haunt a building or household."
],
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],
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"household",
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]
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},
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"glosses": [
"A dotard."
],
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"dotard"
]
],
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"(archaic) A dotard."
],
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"sense": "dotard",
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}
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"The children's game of tag."
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"(chiefly Nottingham) The children's game of tag."
],
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],
"sounds": [
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"rhymes": "-ɒbi"
}
],
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"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "mimmerkin"
},
{
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}
],
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}
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"English entries with incorrect language header",
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"Pages with 1 entry",
"Pages with entries",
"Rhymes:English/ɒbi",
"Rhymes:English/ɒbi/2 syllables",
"en:Games",
"en:Ghosts",
"en:Mythological creatures",
"en:People",
"en:Weaving"
],
"etymology_text": "From Dobby.",
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"plural"
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},
{
"form": "dobbie",
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}
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"A device in some looms that allows the weaving of small geometric patterns."
],
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"loom",
"loom"
],
[
"weaving",
"weave"
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"geometric",
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[
"pattern",
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],
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},
{
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"The patterns so woven, or the fabric containing the patterns."
],
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"countable",
"uncountable"
]
},
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"An evil or mischievous fairy or ghost sometimes said to haunt a building or household."
],
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"fairy",
"fairy"
],
[
"ghost",
"ghost"
],
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"haunt",
"haunt"
],
[
"household",
"household"
]
],
"tags": [
"countable",
"uncountable"
]
},
{
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"English terms with archaic senses"
],
"glosses": [
"A dotard."
],
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[
"dotard",
"dotard"
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],
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"(archaic) A dotard."
],
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"archaic",
"countable",
"uncountable"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"The children's game of tag."
],
"links": [
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"tag",
"tag"
]
],
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"(chiefly Nottingham) The children's game of tag."
],
"tags": [
"countable",
"uncountable"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"rhymes": "-ɒbi"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"sense": "dotard",
"word": "dodipole"
},
{
"word": "mimmerkin"
},
{
"word": "dotard"
}
],
"word": "dobby"
}
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