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dead doves

dead doves is the plural of dead dove.

Meaning of dead dove

Noun

dead dove (countable and uncountable, plural dead doves)

  1. (countable, slang) A disclaimer or tag for fan fiction, particularly on Archive of Our Own, signifying that the work contains the content that is described, and as such, readers should not complain or be surprised about finding that content.
  2. (countable, slang) A fan fiction that is particularly disturbing or disgusting due to its subject matter.
  3. (slang, uncountable) Such fan fiction, collectively.
  4. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see dead, dove.

Questions about dead doves

What is dead doves the plural of?
Dead doves is the plural of dead dove.

Words near dead doves in the dictionary

  1. dead donkeys
  2. dead door
  3. dead doors
  4. dead dove
  5. dead dove: do not eat
  6. dead doves
  7. dead drop
  8. dead dropped
  9. dead dropping
  10. dead drops
  11. dead drunk

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Adapted from Wiktionary: dead doves (page history and authors); dead dove (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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