Dovercourt

English

Proper noun

Dovercourt

1. A suburban area in Harwich, Tendring district, Essex, England (OS grid ref TM2531).
2. A locality in Clearwater County, Alberta, Canada.
3. A neighbourhood of Edmonton, Alberta.

Noun

Dovercourt (plural Dovercourts)

1. A noisy assemblage; a meeting that is little more than a chaotic riot.
   • 1729, James Bramston, The Art of Politics:

     Those who would captivate the well-bred throng, / Should not too often speak, nor speak too long; / Church, nor church matters, ever turn to sport, / Nor make St. Stephen's Chapel Dover Court.

   • 1909, Arthur Morrison, Green Ginger, page 273:

     "Well, well; I've seen a number o' fanteegs round these parts in my time, but in all ninety year I never heard such a dovercourt as there were over that teetotal meetin'. […]