sobby - What does it mean?

Adjective

(en-adj)

Very sad; inclined to sob

*{{quote-book|year=1903|author=George Horace Lorimer|title=Old Gorgon Graham|chapter=|edition= citation

|passage=It began, 'Where is my wandering boy to-night?' and by the time she was through I was feeling so mushy and sobby that I put a five instead of a one into the plate by mistake. }}

*{{quote-book|year=1917|author=Sewell Ford|title=Wilt Thou Torchy|chapter=|edition= citation

|passage=Every piece of furniture, from the threadbare sofa to the rickety center table, seems kind of sad and sobby . }}

(by extension) Dripping wet

*{{quote-book|year=1882|author=Carlton McCarthy|title=Detailed Minutiae of Soldier life in the Army of Northern Virginia, 1861-1865|chapter=|edition= citation

|passage=Nobody knows who he was; but no matter how wet the leaves, how sobby the twigs, no matter if there was no fire in a mile of the camp, that fellow could start one. }}

*{{quote-book|year=1902|author=Ellen Glasgow|title=The Battle Ground|chapter=|edition= citation

|passage=The woman served him sullenly, placing some sobby biscuits and a piece of cold bacon on his plate, and pouring out a glass of buttermilk with a vicious thrust of the pitcher. }}