horse's doovers
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
20
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "None of us is likely to stray so far from the correct pronunciation as the legendary new-rich oil millionaire who demanded “horses′ doovers”..."
- "On a couple of our little occasional tables - we′ve got three - they′ve got horse′s doovers set out. Things on cracker biscuits."
- "1982, George MacDonald Fraser, 1993, HarperCollins, page 290, “How! We eat now, together. Horse′s doovers and large snow puddings that make the tongue dead. Joll-ee good!”"
- "...everyone throws their hats in the air and shouts “hoorah!” and then it′s all over bar the drinks and horses′ doovers and findin′ your own hat."
- "As we were all sampling the horse′s doovers, one of the guests, evidently thirsting for a deep philosophical discussion, asked me for my views on the meaning of life."
- "2009, Glenn Ickler, A Deadly Vineyard, StirlingHouse Publisher, Pennsylvania, page 109, “ […] He wants us there by 6:30 for cocktails and, as he said it, horse′s doovers.”"
Etymology
Usage
- Australian usage
- British usage
- Humorous
- Slang