dobe

plural dobes

1. abbreviationclippinguncountableusuallyClipping of adobe.

   His wife and baby were with him in the dobe house, a small one that his Indian stepfather had built.

   1957 September 5, Jack Kerouac, On the Road, New York, N.Y.: Viking Press, →OCLC

   1 more example

   Lots of cars got into trouble up there, said the man that soil was dobe, slick as glass; have to trench the road better.

   1927, Upton Sinclair, Oil!, page 11

plural Dobes

1. informalA Doberman Pinscher.

   Select the best four of these six Doberman Pinschers and place them in order of merit based on type, soundness, and balance — or take full advantage and place all six. One of these Dobes is superior, one is quality and four are average.

   2002, Robert Cole, You be the Judge - the Doberman Pinscher