Meaning of Dad and Dave | Babel Free
Definitions
Remote rural farmers resembling the characters in Steele Rudd's "Dad and Dave" stories, especially seen as unsophisticated.
Examples
“In vain I looked for the types I sought—old slop clothes, wheat growing out of their ears, real old Dads and Daves.”
“The earlier lure for the pioneering of land has gone, and I think so far as Australians and Britishers are concerned there are not very many people aspiring to be "Dads" and "Daves".”
CEFR level
C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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