Associations to the word «Dobbins»

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

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope