Lexicographical Neighbors of Dovie
Literary usage of Dovie
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Kentucky Law Reporter by Kentucky Court of Appeals (1904)
"Thereafter the widow died, and in a short while after her death, Mrs. dovie Wilson
died intestate, without having had a child born alive. ..."
2. Junction: Mild Adventure for the Armchair Ruralists by Vic Campbell (1992)
"I hope Paul's Aunt dovie will whack his backside until the sun goes down. "Did so
do it, Paul!" says I. "Did not!" says Paul. " Did done it. ..."
3. The Journal of Philology by William George Clark, John Eyton Bickersteth Mayor, William Aldis Wright, Ingram Bywater, Henry Jackson (1888)
"... to ^dovie. Now there would be no ambiguity in the verse when duly pronounced
by the actor, even if we suppose that the short vowel was elided in ..."
4. Jamieson's Dictionary of the Scottish Language: In which the Words are by John Jamieson, John Johnstone (1867)
"dovie, adj. Stupid ; having the appearance of mental imbecility, Fife. Hence,
dovie, ». A person of this description, ibid.—Su. ..."
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