Dovercourt

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Dovercourt

  1. A suburban area in Harwich, Tendring district, Essex, England (OS grid ref TM2531).
  2. A locality in Clearwater County, Alberta, Canada.
  3. A neighbourhood of Edmonton, Alberta.

Noun

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Dovercourt (plural Dovercourts)

  1. A noisy assemblage; a meeting that is little more than a chaotic riot.
    • 1729, James Bramston, The Art of Politics:
      Those who would captivate the well-bred throng, / Should not too often speak, nor speak too long; / Church, nor church matters, ever turn to sport, / Nor make St. Stephen's Chapel Dover Court.
    • 1909, Arthur Morrison, Green Ginger, page 273:
      "Well, well; I've seen a number o' fanteegs round these parts in my time, but in all ninety year I never heard such a dovercourt as there were over that teetotal meetin'. []