dobber

1. (UK, derogatory) A member of the working class in Scotland or Ireland who is seen as undereducated, with poor taste, especially in clothes, and poor social skills.UKderogatory

2. (Australia, UK, derogatory) One who dobs (someone) (informs against them or implicates them to authority).Examples: "Nikki is such a dobber, she told the teacher that I hit Karen in the playground."; "In awakening us to our powerlessness, whistleblowers produce all sorts of crisscrossed emotions. Should we respond to them as truth-bearing ethical citizens, or spiteful, griping dobbers?"; "‘Not only that,’ Graeme continued, ‘but Simone′s a dobber – and no-one likes a dobber, do they, K?[…]’"Synonyms: snitch, snitcher, tattletaleAustraliaUKderogatory

3. (British, informal) Any small electronic device that plugs directly into a larger one, such as a wireless scoring system in fencing or a USB mass storage device.Britishinformal

4. (British, Ireland, chiefly dialect) A large marble.Examples: "They were the biggest rosary beads I ever saw, the beads were the size of big marbles or dobbers or taws. Dobbers and taws we used to play with in the channels beside the footpaths, when we used to play the road games."BritishIrelanddialectal

5. (US, regional) A float (as used by an angler).Examples: "In attaching this dobber or float, tie it on as short a tippet as you can manage and attach it to the leader from four to six feet above the nymph."Synonyms: bobberUSregional

6. (US, regional, by extension, figurative) Spirit, pluck, self-esteem.Examples: "I went to the ballgame [in San Francisco] in April, and I was booed. I never was before that. It affected my dobber, my psyche."; "Well, I got my dobber down, and I thought I was on my way back to Montreal. And I recall sitting down at the end of the dugout by myself and feeling damn dejected, I'll tell ya."; ""Be patient, honey," Jim kept telling her. "Life will get better. You know it will. Keep your dobber up, as my grandmother always said.”"USbroadlyfigurativelyregional