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Dutch boy en · NOUN · etymology 1
Etymology
From Dutch Boy Paint, a US brand whose trademark displays this hairstyle.
Meanings
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A type of bob haircut cut horizontally above the neck with straight bangs.
The Dutch boy required very straight hair.
2013, Felicia Lowenstein Niven, Fabulous Fashions of the 1920s, page 12:I'd remembered Ann as a wiry young woman with protruding, river green eyes and lank brown hair in a Dutch boy bob.
2005, Christina Bartolomeo, Snowed In: A Novel:Do not cut horizontally unless you're going for the Dutch Boy look.
2010, Christopher Hopkins, Staging Your Comeback:
Forms
Synonyms
Dutch cut · Dutch bob
wikipedia: Dutch Boy Paint
Dutch boy en · NOUN · etymology 2
Etymology
From a play on the double meaning of dike, referring both to embankments and masculine lesbians, in the tale of The Little Dutch Boy who sticks a finger into one.
Meanings
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(humorous, often, slang, uncommon) A man who desires the company of lesbians.
The only clique that I felt even slightly at home with was a group of dykes in my dorm; maybe I'm just a closet dutch boy, but they were about ten times as interesting as anyone else around […].
1992 October 25, Thomas A. Dennis, “What really happened in Austin : -)”, in alt.angst (Usenet):It's more profitable to the networks for her to remain heterosexual. Now if a certain level of sexual tension between she and the Redheaded Goddess Gabby will draw in the Riot Grrrl and Dutch Boy audiences, then Xena can have a certain bi-curious ambiance.
1997 January 13, Bob Alberti, “Why Xena is not (yet) a lesbian”, in alt.tv.xena (Usenet):Dani: Well, I don’t know them at all, but I heard those two are into Dutch Boys. That’s what we call a lesbian couple that wants to hook-up with a straight man. C’mon, I’ll be your Wing-Lesbo.
2009 December 11, Heather Hogan, “Lesbians steal more than the scene on “Accidentally on Purpose””, in afterellen.com:
Forms
Coordinates
fruit fly · fag hag · fag stag
Synonyms
dyke tyke · lesbro
wikipedia: The Little Dutch Boy