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Dutch wife
noun
- (in tropical countries) an open framework used in bed as a rest for the limbs.
Dutch wife
noun
- a long hard bolster used, esp in the tropics, to support one's uppermost knee when sleeping on one's side
Word History and Origins
Origin of Dutch wife1
Example Sentences
His Dutch wife Ginni van Katwijk — yes, she’s also a high diver competing this week in Japan — has her own injury file.
His Dutch wife Ginni van Katwijk — yes, she’s also a high diver competing this week in Japan — has her own injury file.
But she thinks even her British-born husband Tim, and one of her sons and his Dutch wife will "all be rooting for Denmark", she says.
He made portraits of subjects including his Dutch wife and Rousseau in “exotic” Eastern costumes at a time when fashion was regarded as an integral aspect of good portraiture.
Once Kirsten arrived three days into my weeklong trip, we stayed two nights in the area’s oldest hotel, Adobe Guadalupe, an elegant inn built in 1999 by an American businessman and his Dutch wife, who came to the valley to make wine and raise horses.
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