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Dutchman(dictionary)
Dutchman's-breeches(encyclopedia)
Dutchman's-pipe(encyclopedia)
Flying Dutchman, The(dictionary)

Dutchman (iou)



Dutchman noun. Pl. -men. LME.
[from DUTCH adjective + MAN noun.]
gen. A man who is a member of a Teutonic nation; a German. Long obsolete exc. as below. LME.
An adult male native or inhabitant of the Netherlands. L16.
A Dutch ship. M17.
An adult male American immigrant from Germany or American of German descent, spec. a Pennsylvania Dutchman (see PENNSYLVANIA); slang any adult male German. US. L18.
An adult male European or foreigner. slang (chiefly US). M19.
A piece of wood or stone used to repair a flaw or fault or to patch up bad workmanship. Chiefly US. M19.
Phrases: Dutchman's breeches (a) a plant of the fumitory family, Dicentra cucullaria, which is native to eastern N. America and bears white, spurred flowers (from the shape of which the name is derived) and finely divided leaves; (b) slang (orig. Nautical) a small patch of blue sky. Dutchman's pipe a climbing vine of the birthwort family, Aristolochia durior, which is native to eastern N. America and bears hook-shaped tubular flowers. Flying Dutchman (the captain of) a spectral ship supposedly doomed to sail the seas forever. or I'm a Dutchman, I'm a Dutchman if: expr. asseveration.
Dutchwoman noun, pl. -women, (a) a woman of a Teutonic nation, a German woman; (b) a woman of the Netherlands: L18.