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
Having a Dutch uncle has won Peapod its first operating profit since the high-tech home-delivery service was founded in 1989.
From Time Magazine Archive
Accordingly, Vorster last week treated Smith to a Dutch uncle talk that one diplomat described as "tough to the point of brutality."
From Time Magazine Archive
Air Force playing the role of a straitlaced, old-fashioned Dutch uncle.
From Time Magazine Archive
He has no right to talk to me like a Dutch uncle!
From Patty Blossom by Wells, Carolyn
