Dutch widows
Dutch widows is the plural of Dutch widow.
Meaning of Dutch widow
Noun
Dutch widow (plural Dutch widows)
- A female prostitute.
- Dra. He says none came in yet, sir, but one mistress Florence.
Hoa. What is that Forence? A widow?
Dra. Yes, a Dutch widow.
Hoa. How?
Dra. That's an English drab, sirc. 1604–1606 (date written; published 1608), Thomas Middleton, “A Trick to Catch the Old One”, in A[rthur] H[enry] Bullen, editor, The Works of Thomas Middleton […] (The English Dramatists), volume...
- Dra. He says none came in yet, sir, but one mistress Florence.
Questions about Dutch widows
- What is Dutch widows the plural of?
- Dutch widows is the plural of Dutch widow.
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