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color=#0000ff size=2>FWIW, in Japanese, a "dutch wife" (dacchi waifu) is a
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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> Leela Pienaar
[mailto:L.Pienaar@ru.ac.za] <BR></FONT></DIV><BR>
<P>The stereotype of the Dutchman among the English at this period was
somebody stolid, miserly, and bad-tempered, and these associations, especially
the stinginess, were linked to several phrases. Only a small number of them
are actually recorded in print from the time of the Dutch wars, most being of
eighteenth century provenance or later. But there’s nothing so long-lasting as
traditional enmity; later phrases borrowed the ideas from earlier ones, and in
any case many are certainly older than their date of first
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