Dovercourt

English <dab> Proper noun en suburban area in town/Harwich dist/Tendring co/Essex cc/England OS grid ref TM2531. en locality co/Clearwater County p/Alberta c/Canada. en neighbourhood city/Edmonton p/Alberta. Noun A noisy assemblage; a meeting that is little more than a chaotic riot. en 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. en 1909 Arthur Morrison Green Ginger 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'.