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Definition of Dutch treat
1. Noun. A dinner where each person pays for his own.
Definition of Dutch treat
1. Noun. An occasion, such as a restaurant visit, in which everyone pays bill for their expenses. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Dutch Treat
Literary usage of Dutch treat
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Europe Viewed Through American Spectacles by Charles Carroll Fulton (1874)
"THE " Dutch treat." The Germans in the United States, and those Americans who
affect a fondness for lager-beer, don't drink it as it is drunk in Germany. ..."
2. Furope Viewed Through American Spectacles by Charles Carroll Fulton (1874)
"THE "Dutch treat." The Germans in the United States, and those Americans who
affect a fondness for lager-beer, don't drink it as it is drunk in Germany. ..."
3. Memoirs of the Life, Works, and Correspondence of Sir William Temple, Bart. by Thomas Peregrine Courtenay (1836)
"Dutch treat SEPARATELY. 1677—1678. ABOUT the middle of June, 1677. young Temple
came over to the Hague, bringing letters to his father from Lord ..."
4. A Dictionary of Slang, Jargon & Cant: Embracing English, American, and Anglo by Charles Godfrey Leland (1889)
"Dutchman's breeches (nautical), two streaks of blue in a cloudy sky. Dutch
treat (American), a dinner or drinking where every man pays for himself. ..."
5. The Annual Library Index edited by William Isaac Fletcher, Helen Elizabeth Haines (1906)
"... in Staats Forbes collection. (EG Halton) Studio (Internat.) 27: E., HW 107-18(005).
Dutch-treat wife, The. (Juliet W. Tompkins) Ladies' HJ аг, No. ..."
6. An American Glossary by Richard Hopwood Thornton (1912)
"Dutch treat. One in which each person pays for himself. Phrase used in Iowa,
1903 : ' Dialect Notes,' ii. 351 Dutch uncle. To talk to any one like a Dutch ..."
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