Dutch uncle
Example Sentences
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To straighten things out, Marks sets himself up as a one-man's family � a substitute father and sometimes mother figure who talks to disturbed patients more or less like a loving Dutch uncle.
From Time Magazine Archive
Last week he talked like a Dutch uncle to a Manhattan gathering of 600 medicos and hospital administrators.
From Time Magazine Archive
Last week the highly respected Henry Kaufman, a partner in Salomon Bros, who often serves as Wall Street's Dutch uncle, called for the declaration of a "national economic emergency."
From Time Magazine Archive
Last week 69-year-old Jonkheer Dirk Jan de Geer, leader of The Netherlands' Christian Historical Party, talked like a Dutch uncle to his parliamentary colleagues.
From Time Magazine Archive
"I saw him talking like a Dutch uncle when I was waiting for you to come along this noon."
From Fast Nine or, A Challenge from Fairfield by Douglas, Alan
