The story
From dad + and + Dave, after the names of the central characters in a series of short stories by Australian author Steele Rudd (1868–1935).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Today it means: Remote rural farmers resembling the characters in Steele Rudd's "Dad and Dave" stories, especially seen as unsophisticated. Full definition →
From dad + and + Dave, after the names of the central characters in a series of short stories by Australian author Steele Rudd (1868–1935).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.