Associations to the word «Dobbin»

Wiktionary

DOBBIN, noun. An old jaded horse.
DOBBIN, noun. (UK) (dialect) Sea gravel mixed with sand.
DOBBIN, noun. (dated) (slang) (among students) Synonym of horse. (illegitimate study aid)
DOBBIN, proper noun. A patronymic surname​.

Dictionary definition

DOBBIN, noun. A quiet plodding workhorse.

Wise words

Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them.
Nathaniel Hawthorne