Old Dutch
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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They were a very old Dutch family: the portraits on the walls could have been a textbook of Holland’s history.
From Literature
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There was an old Dutch expression: you can tell a man by the way he meets your eyes.
From Literature
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There is an album of Christmas songs, once invariably bestsellers for singers of all ranges, as well as a set of old Dutch folk songs.
Last month Virgil van Dijk made a secret visit to his old Dutch club Willem II to bring back a youth football tournament.
From BBC
“It’s gone all the way back to old Dutch days.”
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