noun, slang ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A Dutch person; used in the era of the Anglo-Dutch Wars. British, archaic, derogatory, slang

Etymology

The idiom may have derived from the flag of Holland, which at the time had an orange stripe on top.

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