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O⋅bie

[oh-bee]
–noun
one of a group of awards given annually, beginning in 1956, by New York City's The Village Voice newspaper for achievement in the off-Broadway theater.

Origin:
pron. of OB, abbr. of off Broadway
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O·bie   (ō'bē)   
n.  An award given annually for exceptional achievement in off-Broadway theater.

[From O.B., abbr. for off-Broadway.]
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Obie 
one of the annual awards given to off-Broadway theater, 1967, formed from the abbreviation of Off-Broadway.
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Obie
OB (that is, off Broadway)
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