Dutch uncle
Example Sentences
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Last week he talked like a Dutch uncle to a Manhattan gathering of 600 medicos and hospital administrators.
From Time Magazine Archive
Fresh from reputedly lecturing King Carol of Rumania for two hours like a Dutch uncle, M. Barthou wisely did not take that tone with King Alexander.
From Time Magazine Archive
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
Then, in the tone of a Dutch uncle, he reviewed his Administration's foreign policy.
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
