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Meaning of Dutch hand | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

A wooden paddle, typically one of a pair, used to press butter when making it at home.

in-plural

Examples

“Ranged on shelves along the stone walls would be pans of milk set to rise, buckets and cans, maturing cheeses, butter churns, and butter pats or "Dutch hands" for beating the last traces of water from the golden mass.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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