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Dora|ˈdɔərə|
Also D.O.R.A.
A jocular personification of the ‘Defence of the Realm Act’, the name being an acronym forming a familiar feminine proper name. The Act was first passed in August 1914 and provided the British Government with wide powers during the 1914–18 war.
1917G. B. Shaw London Mus. 1888–89 (1937) 382 The sixpence that went as tax to the Government, which might have stopped the performance by virtue of Dora, and didn't. 1918‘I. Hay’ Last Million vi. 68 We are up against official secrets again. A lady called Dora: you will become well acquainted with her. 1921Punch 13 Apr. 293/2 To judge by his description, Dora's daughter [sc. the Emergency Powers Act of 1920] will be not a whit less drastic in her action than the old lady herself. 1929P. Guedalla Missing Muse 194 These imbecile restrictions, which are the last legacy of ‘Dora’ to her grateful heirs. 1933Lloyd George War Mem. I. vi. 177 This was the third edition of d.o.r.a., and was designed to give very greatly increased powers to the Authorities to secure munition production. 1952H. Nicolson King George V viii. 112 In spite of D.O.R.A., the principles of Magna Carta were affirmed. |