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
- paste-maker
- paste meat
- paste pudding
- paster
- pastern
- Pasternak, Boris
- pasterned
- pastern joint
- paste-up
- Pasteur effect
- Pasteurella
- pasteurellosis
- Pasteur flask
- Pasteurian
- pasteurise
- Pasteurism
- pasteurization
- pasteurize
- pasteurizer
- Pasteur, Louis
- Pasteur pipette
- Pasteur reaction
- Pasteur treatment
- paste wash
- paste water