"horse's doovers" meaning in All languages combined

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          "ref": "1962, William Morris, Mary Morris, Dictionary of Word and Phrase Origins",
          "text": "None of us is likely to stray so far from the correct pronunciation as the legendary new-rich oil millionaire who demanded “horses′ doovers”...",
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        {
          "ref": "1973, John O'Grady, Survival in the Doghouse, page 86",
          "text": "On a couple of our little occasional tables - we′ve got three - they′ve got horse′s doovers set out. Things on cracker biscuits.",
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          "text": "1982, George MacDonald Fraser, 1993, HarperCollins, page 290,\n“How! We eat now, together. Horse′s doovers and large snow puddings that make the tongue dead. Joll-ee good!”"
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          "ref": "2000, Terry Pratchett, Carpe Jugulum",
          "text": "...everyone throws their hats in the air and shouts “hoorah!” and then it′s all over bar the drinks and horses′ doovers and findin′ your own hat.",
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          "ref": "2004, Gene McDougall, My Letters to David Letterman, Texas: Virtualbookworm.com, page 38",
          "text": "As we were all sampling the horse′s doovers, one of the guests, evidently thirsting for a deep philosophical discussion, asked me for my views on the meaning of life.",
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        },
        {
          "text": "2009, Glenn Ickler, A Deadly Vineyard, StirlingHouse Publisher, Pennsylvania, page 109,\n“ […] He wants us there by 6:30 for cocktails and, as he said it, horse′s doovers.”"
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