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Dad and Dave

/ dæd ən deɪv /

noun

  1. stereotypes of the unsophisticated rural dweller before World War II

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Origin of Dad and Dave1

from characters in the stories of Steele Rudd, pen name of Arthur Hoey Davis (1868–1935), Australian author

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