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- adjective archaic Of
Holland ;Dutch .
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Examples
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I consede, though, that calling the language "Hollandish" wouldn't sound terribly pleasing in English.
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To escape such torment Hans Amden cleared a space and gave a clumsy-footed Hollandish breakdown till all the Court roared its laughter.
Chapter 15 2010
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Thanks to rootlesscosmo for calling out this bit of Hollandish nonsense.
Once More into the Breach Lisa Hirsch 2008
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We will hear about Chinese pirates who infiltrated the Dutch administration; samurai who took Taiwanese aborigines to Japan to persuade the shogun to attack the Dutch; aborigines who attacked Chinese hunters; peasant rebels who cried, "Kill, Kill, Kill the Hollandish dogs!" and, finally, the Chinese merchant prince Zheng Chenggong, whose army swept the Dutch out of Taiwan and established Chinese rule.
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Thanks to rootlesscosmo for calling out this bit of Hollandish nonsense.
Archive 2008-02-01 Lisa Hirsch 2008
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The next morning I find myself in Hollandish waters, so I raise pennant and war flag.
New York Times Current History; The European War, Vol 2, No. 4, July, 1915 April-September, 1915 Various
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In support of this view he cites the authority of Santayana, who claims Japanese descent for them and repudiates the opinion of those who attribute Hollandish descent.
The Manóbos of Mindanáo Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume XXIII, First Memoir John M. Garvan
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Hollandish in which there is preaching also in German.
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Amden cleared a space and gave a clumsy-footed Hollandish breakdown till all the Court roared its laughter.
Chapter 15 1915
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Hollandish waters, so I raise pennant and war flag.
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