Dobby may refer to:
People
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Dobby Dobson
Highland Ralph Dobson OD (5 July 1942 – 21 July 2020) was a Jamaican reggae singer and record producer, nicknamed "The Loving Pauper" after one of his best known songs.
Biography
Dobson began singing while a student at Central Branch Sc ...
(1942–2020), Jamaican reggae singer and record producer
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Dobby Gibson (born 1970), American poet
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Dobby Walker (1919–2009), American labor lawyer
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Dobby (musician)
Rhyan Clapham, known by his stage name Dobby (stylised as DOBBY), is a Filipino-Aboriginal Australian musician. He describes himself as a "drapper", a contraction of rapper and drummer, although he also plays other instruments and is also a compo ...
, an Australian Aboriginal musician
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Anton Khudobin
Anton Valerievich Khudobin (russian: Антон Валерьевич Худобин; born 7 May 1986) is a Kazakhstani-born Russian professional ice hockey goaltender for the Texas Stars of the American Hockey League (AHL) while under contract w ...
(born 1986), Russian goaltender of the Dallas Stars
Textiles
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Dobby loom
A dobby loom, or dobbie loom, is a type of floor loom that controls all the warp threads using a device called a dobby.
Dobbies can produce more complex fabric designs than tappet looms but are limited in comparison to Jacquard looms.
Dobby lo ...
, a mechanical device that simplifies the weaving of intricate patterns
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Dobby (cloth)
Dobby, or dobbie, is a woven fabric produced on the dobby loom, characterised by small geometric patterns and extra texture in the cloth. The warp and weft threads may be the same colour or different. Satin threads are particularly effective in t ...
, fabric made on the loom
Other uses
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Dobby (Harry Potter)
Magical creatures are an aspect of the fictional Wizarding World contained in the ''Harry Potter'' series and connected media, all created by British author J. K. Rowling. Throughout the seven main books of the series, Harry and his friends enc ...
, a character in the ''Harry Potter'' franchise
* Dobby, a
character in the ''Peep Show'' TV series
* Dobby, a type of mischievous
hobgoblin
A hobgoblin is a household spirit, typically appearing in folklore, once considered helpful, but which since the spread of Christianity has often been considered mischievous. Shakespeare identifies the character of Puck in his ''A Midsummer Nigh ...
in English folklore
See also
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Dobie (disambiguation)
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Dobbie, a surname of Scottish origin
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Dobbe, a surname of Dutch origin
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