Both Uses
Dutch
in
The House on Mango Street
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- She teaches us to cross and uncross our legs, and to run like a double-dutch rope, and how to walk down to the corner so that the shoes talk back to you with every step.†
Chpt 17
- She has the idea, though she's having trouble keeping her end of the double-dutch steady.†
Chpt 20 *
Definitions:
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(Dutch) the people of the Netherlands (including Holland); or relating to them (including the name of their language)Many people refer to the Netherlands as Holland -- which is more accurately the most populous region of the Netherlands. The Netherlands is best known for having 25% of its land below sea level.
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(meaning too rare to warrant focus) Less commonly, Dutch is used in a the phrase Dutch oven (a thick-walled cooking pot with a tight-fitting lid) or Dutch doors (a door divided in such a fashion that the bottom half may remain shut while the top half opens).