Dutch uncle
Example Sentences
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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
Then, in the tone of a Dutch uncle, he reviewed his Administration's foreign policy.
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
Air Force playing the role of a straitlaced, old-fashioned Dutch uncle.
From Time Magazine Archive
Say, I'm going to hand you the truth like a Dutch uncle!
From The Salamander by Johnson, Owen
