DCHP-3

Dutch ((adj.))†

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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adj.

of or having to do with settlers of German extraction.

See: Dutchman(def. 1)

Quotations

1816
We returned through the village, which is one of the neatest in the province; the houses are placed in the Dutch fashion, with the gable end to the road.
1860
O Lager-beer, fine Lager-beer, I likes it vera much ; I likes it, 'cause it's Lager-beer. I likes it, 'cause it's Dutch.
<i>c</i>1916
"I'm Dutch and can't pronounce my yays--I cal'late dat oder feller was Dutch, too. . . . "
1942
The girl spoke distinctly but in the rich Dutch accent of the Lunenburgers.