Dobby may refer to:
People
*
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
*
Dobby Gibson (born 1970), American poet
*
Dobby Walker
Doris Brin "Dobby" Walker Roberson (April 20, 1919 - August 13, 2009) was an American labor lawyer and founding partner with Robert Treuhaft at the firm of Treuhaft, Walker and Burnstein.
Background
Born in Dallas, Texas, in 1919, Walker graduated ...
(1919–2009), American labor lawyer
*
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 comp ...
, an Australian Aboriginal musician
*
Anton Khudobin (born 1986), Russian goaltender of the Dallas Stars
Textiles
*
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
**
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
Warp, warped or warping may refer to:
Arts and entertainment Books and comics
* WaRP Graphics, ...
, fabric made on the loom
Other uses
*
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 Potter (character), ...
, 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 N ...
in English folklore
See also
*
Dobie (disambiguation)
*
Dobbie, a surname of Scottish origin
*
Dobbe, a surname of Dutch origin
{{disambiguation