Dutch uncle
Example Sentences
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They could have kept their heads, and if they were any good they could and would have talked like a Dutch uncle to these pathetic people stumbling to their ruin.
From Time Magazine Archive
Air Force playing the role of a straitlaced, old-fashioned Dutch uncle.
From Time Magazine Archive
Up rose Price Commissioner Leon Henderson, addressed the scrapmen like a 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
"Start talking to him like a Dutch uncle; I'll be waiting in the study if you want me," and with a tattoo of high heels she left us with our patient.
From Pledged to the Dead by Quinn, Seabury
