Dutchman's-pipe

[ duhch-muhnz-pahyp ]

/ ˈdʌtʃ mənzˈpaɪp /

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noun

a climbing vine, Aristolochia durior, of the birthwort family, having large, heart-shaped leaves and brownish-purple flowers of a curved form suggesting a tobacco pipe.

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Origin of Dutchman's-pipe

An Americanism dating back to 1835–45

Words nearby Dutchman's-pipe

Dutch lap, Dutch lunch, Dutchman, Dutchman's-breeches, Dutchman's log, Dutchman's-pipe, Dutch mattress, Dutch medicine, Dutch metal, Dutch New Guinea, Dutch oven

How to use Dutchman's-pipe in a sentence

I was drawn to The Class for different reasons—chiefly, the pipe dream of achieving a tighter and tauter backside.
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And then I said, ‘Well, chief, when the admiral comes aboard, the first mate has to pipe him in.’
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It would be like if after the 40th pipe in Flappy Bird was a scarecrow.
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“A guy drives up in a 2008 Mercedes, brand new,” Harry S. Connelly Jr. says in the video, according to the Times.
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“Personal hotspots can get speeds of up to 60 Mb/s down, whereas hotel Wi-Fi can be as slow as 1.5 Mb/s,” Sesar said.
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Aristide washed and powdered Jean himself, the landlord lounging by, pipe in mouth, administering suggestions.
The Joyous Adventures of Aristide Pujol|William J. Locke
Drone: the largest tube of a bag-pipe, giving forth a dull heavy tone.
Gulliver's Travels|Jonathan Swift
The pipe has a modern look and is altogether unlike those found by the English in use among the Indians in Virginia.
Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce|E. R. Billings.
I asked him to tell me how he produced a certain effect he makes in his arrangement of the ballad in Wagner's Flying Dutchman.
Music-Study in Germany|Amy Fay
His head fell back limp on MacRae's arm, and the rest of the message went with the game old Dutchman across the big divide.
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British Dictionary definitions for Dutchman's-pipe

Dutchman's-pipe

noun

a woody climbing plant, Aristolochia sipho, of the eastern US, cultivated for its greenish-brown mottled flowers, which are shaped like a curved pipe: family Aristolochiaceae

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