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doover noun- a thing; a thingumabob AUSTRALIA, 1940
Originally in World War 2 services slang. Suggested origins include (1) a variant on DOOFAHdavar (a thing), and (3) extracted from HORSES DOOVERS - — Dymphna Cusack, Picnic Races, p. 126, 1962
- — Arthur Chipper, The Aussie Swearer’s Guide, p. 56, 1972
- — Jim Ramsay, Cop It Sweet!, p. 31, 1977
- — Sam Weller, Old Bastards I Have Met, p. 8, 1979
- the penis AUSTRALIA
From the sense as an “unnamed thing”. - They always say a bloke’s doover never looks up to much when you’re lookin’ down on it from above! — Barry Humphries, Bazza Pulls It Off!, 1971
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