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Dutch date

noun

Etymology

From Dutch (“substitute, inferior, ersatz”) + date, ostensibly modeled on Dutch treat.

  1. derived from דֶּקֶל — “date palm”
  2. derived from دَقَل — “variety of date palm”
  3. derived from δάκτυλος — “finger”
  4. derived from datil
  5. derived from dactylus
  6. derived from date
  7. inherited from date
  8. compounded as dutch date — “Dutch + date”

Definitions

  1. An occasion, particularly a romantic outing, where the participants split the cost.

    • If we started a campaign for "dutch dates" and succeeded in putting it over, it would become the accustomed thing to do […]

  2. Alternative letter-case form of Dutch date.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA