Dutch wife
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of Dutch wife
First recorded in 1875–80
Example Sentences
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His Dutch wife Ginni van Katwijk — yes, she’s also a high diver competing this week in Japan — has her own injury file.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 23, 2023
Hilali and his native Dutch wife were among more than 5,000 plaintiffs who brought a class-action lawsuit against Wilders for discrimination, for his comments at that March 2014 rally.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 21, 2017
Mr Hoggard, who along with his Dutch wife has created sand sculptures all over the world, said this was one of his most adventurous projects in terms of size and scale.
From BBC ● Aug. 23, 2015
In his Columbia days, he lived in Astoria, Queens, with his Dutch wife, Sandra Roelofs, who worked at Cheesy Pizza before they found jobs at Manhattan law firms and moved to the Upper West Side.
From New York Times ● Sep. 19, 2014
Canal in the Jews’ Quarter, Amsterdam The position of the Dutch wife is now very much that of the wife in England; but in Holland’s great days she ruled.
From A Wanderer in Holland by Marshall, Herbert, R. W .S.
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