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Pennsylvania Dutch, n. and a.
A. n.
a. pl. [Dutch n. 3 a.] The descendants of the original German settlers in Pennsylvania.
b. [see Dutch n. 1.] A Pennsylvanian dialect derived from the High German of a great number of the early settlers, with a considerable admixture of English elements.
B. adj. [Dutch a. 1.] Of or pertaining to the Pennsylvania Dutch or their dialect. So Pennsylvania Dutchman.
a1824J. Guild in Proc. Vermont Hist. Soc. (1937) V. 293, I came across a Pennsylvania Dutch man, and I made a bargain with him. 1831Canad. Freeman (Toronto) 19 May 2/3 Let Mackenzie stick to the Central Committee, the Saddlebags, & the Pennsylvania Dutch of the Home District. 1856Spirit of Times 4 Oct. 71/1 But revenons a mouton, which, in plain Pennsylvania Dutch means how Fogie Antique caught..catfish. 1868H. W. Beecher Norwood 468 Them Pennsylvania Dutch think more of their horses than they do of themselves. 1882P. H. Gibbons Pennsylvania Dutch (ed. 3) 401 A ‘Pennsylvania Dutch’ remedy for whooping-cough. 1943Amer. Speech XVIII. 112 The diphthong oi [oi] in the Pennsylvania Dutch dialects is interesting both phonemically and historically because of its infrequent occurrence. 1948W. Stevens Let. 1 Dec. (1967) 624 A true Pennsylvania Dutchman. 1974E. McGirr Murderous Journey 98 He lapsed into Pennsylvania Dutch. The quaint idioms and all. 1976New Yorker 16 Feb. 58/2 The sort of packaging that makes pancake-mix pancakes served in a Pennsylvania hotel ‘Pennsylvania Dutch pancakes’ instead of just pancakes. 1976R. Condon Whisper of Axe i. xvii. 103 He was served schnitz un knepp: apples, dumplings, and ham from the Pennsylvania Dutch. |