Dad and Dave

English Etymology From en dad + en and + en Dave, after the names of the central characters in a series of short stories by Australian author Steele Rudd (1868–1935). Pronunciation en EN-AU ck1 Dad and Dave.ogg AU Noun Dads and Daves en Australia colloquial now chiefly historical Remote rural farmers resembling the characters in Steele Rudd's "Dad and Dave" stories, especially seen as unsophisticated. en 10 October 1936 The Mirror Western Australia In vain I looked for the types I sought—old slop clothes, wheat growing out of their ears, real old Dads and Daves. en 1948 Parliamentary Debates Western Australia parliament 100 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". en coordinated pairs eponyms