dob

dob
vb
Australian
to inform (on someone), tell tales. A schoolchildren's term since the late 1970s which was previously, and still is, part of underworld terminology. 'Dob' was a British dialect word mean-ing something between drop and lob (it survives in the noun form in colloquial expressions such as 'a dob of butter'). 'Dob in' has been introduced to British audiences via Australian soap operas of the 1980s.
► I tell you what you do, dob her in to the governor.' (Prisoner, Cell Block H, Australian TV se-ries, 1982)

Contemporary slang . 2014.

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  • DOB — steht für: Damenoberbekleidung Daughters of Bilitis, die erste lesbische Bürgerrechtsorganisation in den Vereinigten Staaten 2,5 Dimethoxy 4 bromamphetamin, ein potentes und wirkungsstarkes Halluzinogen Dobo (Indonesien), IATA Code des Flughafens …   Deutsch Wikipedia

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  • DOB — abbrv. Date of birth. The Essential Law Dictionary. Sphinx Publishing, An imprint of Sourcebooks, Inc. Amy Hackney Blackwell. 2008 …   Law dictionary

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