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dogey

US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(dō′gē)


WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
do•gey  (dō′gē),USA pronunciation n., pl. -geys. 
  1. Dialect Termsdogie.

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026
do•gie or do•gey  or do•gy /ˈdoʊgi/USA pronunciation   n. [countable], pl. -gies or -geys. [Western U.S.]
  1. Animal Husbandry, Dialect Termsa calf without a mother.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
do•gie  (dō′gē),USA pronunciation n. [Western U.S.]
  1. Animal Husbandry, Dialect Termsa motherless calf in a cattle herd.
Also, dogey, dogy. 
  • 1885–90, American; origin, originally obscure; alleged to be doughg(uts) + -ie

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
dogie, dogy, dogey /ˈdəʊɡɪ/ n ( pl -gies, -geys)
  1. Western US Canadian a motherless calf
Etymology: 19th Century: from dough-guts, because they were fed on flour and water paste
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