Dutch cap
Britishnoun
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a woman's lace cap with triangular flaps, characteristic of Dutch national dress
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a contraceptive device for women See diaphragm
Example Sentences
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She looked almost girlish in a tiny white Dutch cap, a green print dress and sandals.
From Time Magazine Archive
There was a Dutch cap made of a kitchen towel, trimmed with four napkin rings, a cookie cutter and a tea strainer.
From Time Magazine Archive
Nathalie smilingly assured him she would be most happy and then with a good-by to Fred, the quaint little figure in its queer Dutch cap and flowered gown followed the doctor into the hall.
From Blue Robin, the Girl Pioneer by Halsey, Rena I.
Her kapje was off, and her golden hair, unfettered by the usual tight Dutch cap, crowned her with a strange glory.
From Tales of South Africa by Bryden, H.A.
But, of course, it was all a mistake; there was no such period of childish courtship, and the boy in the queer Dutch cap was an optical illusion, or a "double," in German a doppel-gänger.
From Queen Victoria, her girlhood and womanhood by Greenwood, Grace
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