dover

Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

n.


a clasp knife, by a maker of thatname, once much used in the colonies.

1878. `The Australian,' vol. i. p. 418:

«In plates and knives scant is the shepherd's store,

`Dover' and pan are all, he wants no more.»

1893. April 15, `A Traveller's Note':

«`So much a week and the use of my Dover' men used to say inmaking a contract of labour.»

1894. `Bush Song' [Extract]:

«Tie up the dog beside the log,

And come and flash your Dover.»

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