Meaning & use
dogie
In American Western usage, a stray or motherless calf on a ranch.
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The cowboy roped a lone dogie that had wandered from the main herd.
Old cattle-drive songs often mention rounding up dogies at dawn.
A note on using this word
A regional American term from cattle-ranching culture, familiar today mainly through Western folk songs.
Words with a similar meaning
stray calf
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