Dora
/ˈdɔːrə/(also DORA, D.O.R.A.) originally informal. Now historical
noun
1As an ordinary acronym.
2 Personified (chiefly humorous ).
- Not in widespread use after the 1920s..
Origin
Early 20th century; earliest use found in George Bernard Shaw (1856–1950), playwright and polemicist. Acronym from the initial letters of Defence of the Realm Act.
Rhymes
- stir-fry
- stirk
- Stirling
- Stirling engine
- Stirling, James
- Stirling, Robert
- Stirling, Sir James Fraser
- stir one's stumps
- stirrer
- stirring
- stirringly
- stirrup
- stirrup bone
- stirrup cup
- stirrup iron
- stirrup leather
- stirrup pants
- stirrup pump
- stirrups
- stir something up
- stir the blood
- stir the possum
- stishovite
- stitch
- stitch and bitch