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horse doofers; horses doovers noun hors d’oevres UK Jocular mispronunciations.- [B]iggest flippin’ meal you ever saw; lobsters an’ oysters, an’ horses doofers, then a nice bit o’ smoked salmon [...] an’ a whacking great slice of Stilton; real ripe. — Derek Bickerton, Payroll, p. 45, 1959
- Of course, the men soon retired to the rear patio and talk turned to the recent strike amid the colored lights, the multi-colored umbrellas, the palm trees, the scotches and the caviar horses doovers. — Frank Hardy, The Outcasts of Foolgarah, p. 191, 1971
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