dutch : Idioms & Phrases


double dutch

  • noun an incomprehensible talk
  • noun the difficult version of jump rope in which players jump over two ropes that are swung in a crisscross manner by two turners
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Dutch auction

  • noun a method of selling in which the price is reduced until a buyer is found
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  • . See under Auction.
Webster 1913

dutch capital

  • noun an industrial center and the nominal capital of the Netherlands; center of the diamond-cutting industry; seat of an important stock exchange; known for its canals and art museum
    Amsterdam; capital of The Netherlands.
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dutch case-knife bean

  • noun tropical American bean with red flowers and mottled black beans similar to Phaseolus vulgaris but perennial; a preferred food bean in Great Britain
    runner bean; Phaseolus coccineus; scarlet runner; scarlet runner bean; Phaseolus multiflorus.
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Dutch cheese

  • a small, pound, hard cheese, made from skim milk.
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Dutch clinker

  • a kind of brick made in Holland. It is yellowish, very hard, and long and narrow in shape.
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Dutch clover

  • noun creeping European clover having white to pink flowers and bright green leaves; naturalized in United States; widely grown for forage
    shamrock; white clover; Trifolium repens.
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  • (Bot.), common white clover (Trifolium repens), the seed of which was largely imported into England from Holland.
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Dutch concert

  • a so-called concert in which all the singers sing at the same time different songs. Slang
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Dutch courage

  • noun courage resulting from intoxication
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  • the courage of partial intoxication. Slang Marryat.
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Dutch door

  • noun an exterior door divided in two horizontally; either half can be closed or open independently
    half door.
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  • a door divided into two parts, horizontally, so arranged that the lower part can be shut and fastened, while the upper part remains open.
Webster 1913

dutch east indies

  • noun a republic in southeastern Asia on an archipelago including more than 13,000 islands; achieved independence from the Netherlands in 1945; the principal oil producer in the Far East and Pacific regions
    Republic of Indonesia; Indonesia.
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dutch elm

  • noun any of various hybrid ornamental European shade trees ranging from dwarf to tall
    Ulmus hollandica.
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dutch elm disease

  • noun disease of elms caused by a fungus
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dutch elm fungus

  • noun fungus causing Dutch elm disease
    Ceratostomella ulmi.
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dutch florin

  • noun formerly the basic unit of money in the Netherlands; equal to 100 cents
    florin; gulden; guilder.
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Dutch foil, Dutch leaf, ∨ Dutch gold

  • a kind of brass rich in copper, rolled or beaten into thin sheets, used in Holland to ornament toys and paper; called also Dutch mineral, Dutch metal, brass foil, and bronze leaf.
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dutch guiana

  • noun a republic in northeastern South America on the Atlantic; achieved independence from the Netherlands in 1975
    Netherlands Guiana; Surinam; Republic of Suriname; Suriname.
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dutch hoe

  • noun a hoe that is used by pushing rather than pulling
    scuffle hoe; scuffle.
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dutch iris

  • noun bulbous Spanish iris having blue flowers
    Iris tingitana.
  • noun bulbous Spanish iris with red-violet flowers
    Iris filifolia.
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dutch leonard

  • noun United States writer of thrillers (born in 1925)
    Elmore Leonard; Elmore John Leonard; Leonard.
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Dutch liquid

  • (Chem.), a thin, colorless, volatile liquid, C2H4Cl2, of a sweetish taste and a pleasant ethereal odor, produced by the union of chlorine and ethylene or olefiant gas; called also Dutch oil. It is so called because discovered (in 1795) by an association of four Hollandish chemists. See Ethylene, and Olefiant. = ethylene chloride
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dutch monetary unit

  • noun monetary unit in the Netherlands
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Dutch oven

  • noun an oven consisting of a metal box for cooking in front of a fire
  • noun iron or earthenware cooking pot; used for stews
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  • a tin screen for baking before an open fire or kitchen range; also, in the United States, a shallow iron kettle for baking, with a cover to hold burning coals.
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dutch people

  • noun the people of the Netherlands
    Dutch.
    • the Dutch are famous for their tulips
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Dutch pink

  • chalk, or whiting dyed yellow, and used in distemper, and for paper staining. etc. Weale.
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Dutch rush

  • (Bot.), a species of horsetail rush or Equisetum (E. hyemale) having a rough, siliceous surface, and used for scouring and polishing; called also scouring rush, and shave grass. See Equisetum.
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Dutch tile

  • a glazed and painted ornamental tile, formerly much exported, and used in the jambs of chimneys and the like.
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dutch treat

  • noun a dinner where each person pays for his own
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dutch uncle

  • noun a counselor who admonishes frankly and sternly
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dutch-elm beetle

  • noun a vector of the fungus causing Dutch elm disease
    Scolytus multistriatus.
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dutch-processed cocoa

  • noun cocoa powder treated with a mild alkalizing agent (such as baking soda)
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go dutch

  • verb share expenses equally and split the cost of something
    • My boyfriend and I always go Dutch
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pennsylvania dutch

  • noun a dialect of High German spoken in parts of Pennsylvania and Maryland
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south african dutch

  • noun an official language of the Republic of South Africa; closely related to Dutch and Flemish
    Taal; Afrikaans.
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