Dutch date

dutch date English Alternative forms en dutch date Etymology From en Dutch date substitute, inferior, ersatz, ostensibly modeled on en Dutch treat. Noun An occasion, particularly a romantic outing, where the participants split the cost. en If we started a campaign for "dutch dates" and succeeded in putting it over, it would become the accustomed thing to do Grins and Growls to the Editor California Daily Bruin 1927-12-08 M. J. Kerner 4 James F. Wickizer https://archive.org/details/ucladailybruin05losa/page/n637 55 V Los Angeles https://archive.org/details/ucladailybruin05losa https://archive.org/details/ucladailybruin05losa/page/n637 en The New Mexico Quarterly 1931 195 Two recent examples of the so-called originality and unconventionality of youth are notorious, namely, “jazz music” and “dutch dates.” And neither of these is due directly to youth. They merely are evils consequent upon the originality of parents. en Each year the clubs take a one day trip to some place of interest On [the second year] the girls furnished good lunch, feeding nearly 60 hungry young people for a cost of $10.00 beside what they brought from home. Last summer we went on a Dutch date to the Henry Ford Museum Club Takes Tours National 4-H Club News 1940 April Jewel Pittman 4 G. L. Noble; L. E. Troeger https://www.google.com/books/edition/National_4_H_Club_News/HA8fAQAAMAAJ?gbpv=1&pg=RA27-PA4 4 XVIII The National Committee on Boys and Girls Club Work Chicago https://www.google.com/books/edition/National_4_H_Club_News/HA8fAQAAMAAJ https://www.google.com/books/edition/National_4_H_Club_News/HA8fAQAAMAAJ?gbpv=1&pg=RA27-PA3 en From Front Porch to Back Seat Even those boys and girls who would accept a dutch date now and then were not willing to make the arrangment public. If dutch dating was absolutely necessary, the girl should give the money to her date ahead of time so it would at least look as if he were paying her way. 1988 Beth L. Bailey 59 0801839351 1989 https://www.google.com/books/edition/From_Front_Porch_to_Back_Seat/VO4FVD6_wPoC?gbpv=1&pg=PA59 The Worth of a Date https://www.google.com/books/edition/From_Front_Porch_to_Back_Seat/VO4FVD6_wPoC?gbpv=1&pg=PA57 Johns Hopkins University Press paperback Hypernyms en Dutch treat Related terms en go Dutch