Dad and Dave
(Australia, colloquial, now, chiefly, historical) Remote rural farmers resembling the characters in Steele Rudd's "Dad and Dave" stories, especially seen as unsophisticated.
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(Australia, colloquial, now, chiefly, historical) Remote rural farmers resembling the characters in Steele Rudd's "Dad and Dave" stories, especially seen as unsophisticated.
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