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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A game of jump rope in which players jump over two ropes swung in a crisscross formation by two turners.
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- noun the difficult version of jump rope in which players jump over two ropes that are swung in a crisscross manner by two turners
- noun an incomprehensible talk
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treeseed commented on the word double dutch
Double Dutch a sport in which one person jumps rope with two ropes and one or more people jumping simultaneously.
Playing Double Dutch involves at least three people total: one or more jumping and two turning the ropes.
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January 28, 2008
bilby commented on the word double dutch
New Amsterdam it's become much too much
Till I have the possession of everything she touches
Till I step on the brakes to get out of her clutches
Till I speak double dutch to a real double duchess
- Elvis Costello, 'New Amsterdam'.
September 16, 2008