double Dutch

Domain: Universal Words

Part of speech: noun

[U] (BrE, informal) speech or writing that is impossible to understand, and that seems to be nonsense: These instructions are written in double Dutch.

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This is a English–English dictionary entry.

Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.

This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.

Same word in other sources

double DutchEnglish›ChineseGetWord Corpus double DutchEnglish›ChineseMain Dictionary

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double bass double bill double bind double bluff double-book double-breasted double-check double chin double-cross double-dealer double-decker

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double Dutch