Meaning of Dutch date | Babel Free

Definitions

1. An occasion, particularly a romantic outing, where the participants split the cost.
2. Alternative letter-case form of Dutch date.
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Examples

“If we started a campaign for "dutch dates" and succeeded in putting it over, it would become the accustomed thing to do […]”

“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.”

“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 […]”

“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.”

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