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Dovercourt

Dovercourt proper noun: a suburban area in Harwich, Tendring district, Essex, England (OS grid ref TM2531).

Proper noun

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

Dovercourt (plural Dovercourts)

  1. A noisy assemblage; a meeting that is little more than a chaotic riot.
    • 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.1729, James Bramston, The Art of Politics
    • "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'. […]1909, Arthur Morrison, Green Ginger, page 273

Forms of Dovercourt

pluralDovercourts

Questions about Dovercourt

What does Dovercourt mean?
Dovercourt means a suburban area in Harwich, Tendring district, Essex, England (OS grid ref TM2531).
What part of speech is Dovercourt?
Dovercourt can be a proper noun or a noun.

Words near Dovercourt in the dictionary

  1. Dover soles
  2. Dover's powder
  3. Dover's powders
  4. Dover-Foxcroft
  5. dovera
  6. Dovercourt
  7. Dovercourts
  8. Doverdale
  9. Doverite
  10. Doverspike
  11. Doverspikes

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