Dutch Colonial

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adjective

of or relating to the domestic architecture of Dutch settlers in New York and New Jersey, often characterized by gambrel roofs having curved eaves over porches on the long sides.

noun

a house built in such a style.

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Origin of Dutch Colonial

First recorded in 1920–25

Words nearby Dutch Colonial

Dutch Borneo, Dutch cap, Dutch chair, Dutch cheese, Dutch clover, Dutch Colonial, Dutch courage, Dutch cupboard, Dutch disease, Dutch doll, Dutch door

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Between June and October 1943, 4,283 British, 1,303 Dutch, 1,630 Australian, and 88 American soldiers died.
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During the colonial period the Punjabi Muslims formed the prized martial class for the British Raj.
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“We are not proponents of Dutch citizens getting involved in the struggle,” says Bahoz Derik of the Dutch Kurdish FedKom network.
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Dutch and German motorcycle gangs got a lot of publicity saying they were fighting against the so-called Islamic State in Syria.
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Indeed, a common racial slur in Dutch is, precisely, roetmop, which means soot mop.
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Mrs. Woodbury paints in oils and water-colors; the latter are genre scenes, and among them are several Dutch subjects.
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As Spain, however, has fallen from the high place she once held, her colonial system has also gone down.
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She did her work at a most interesting period in Dutch painting.
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The stratagem worked, because the ships went about from one tack to the other without being seen by the Dutch.
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The vessel escaped miraculously, with sails torn by shots from three Dutch vessels, which they took for one of their own.
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