Dutch boy

noun

A type of bob haircut cut horizontally above the neck with straight bangs.

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nounDutch boy (plural Dutch boys)

plural Dutch boys

  1. A type of bob haircut cut horizontally above the neck with straight bangs.

    The Dutch boy required very straight hair.

    2013, Felicia Lowenstein Niven, Fabulous Fashions of the 1920s, page 12
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    I'd remembered Ann as a wiry young woman with protruding, river green eyes and lank brown hair in a Dutch boy bob.

    2005, Christina Bartolomeo, Snowed In: A Novel

    Do not cut horizontally unless you're going for the Dutch Boy look.

    2010, Christopher Hopkins, Staging Your Comeback

    Synonyms: Dutch bob, Dutch cut

Dutch boy2

nounDutch boy (plural Dutch boys)

plural Dutch boys

  1. humorousoftenslanguncommonA man who desires the company of lesbians.

    The only clique that I felt even slightly at home with was a group of dykes in my dorm; maybe I'm just a closet dutch boy, but they were about ten times as interesting as anyone else around […].

    1992 October 25, Thomas A. Dennis, “What really happened in Austin : -)”, in alt.angst (Usenet)
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    It's more profitable to the networks for her to remain heterosexual. Now if a certain level of sexual tension between she and the Redheaded Goddess Gabby will draw in the Riot Grrrl and Dutch Boy audiences, then Xena can have a certain bi-curious ambiance.

    1997 January 13, Bob Alberti, “Why Xena is not (yet) a lesbian”, in alt.tv.xena (Usenet)

    Dani: Well, I don’t know them at all, but I heard those two are into Dutch Boys. That’s what we call a lesbian couple that wants to hook-up with a straight man. C’mon, I’ll be your Wing-Lesbo.

    2009 December 11, Heather Hogan, “Lesbians steal more than the scene on “Accidentally on Purpose””, in afterellen.com

    Synonyms: dyke tyke, lesbro

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA type of bob haircut cut horizontally above the neck with straight bangs.

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Dutch bobDutch cut

nounA man who desires the company of lesbians.

Origin

Dutch boy · noun

From Dutch Boy Paint, a US brand whose trademark displays this hairstyle.

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Dutch boy · noun

From a play on the double meaning of dike, referring both to embankments and masculine lesbians, in the tale of The Little Dutch Boy who sticks a finger into one.

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APA

Dutch boy. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Dutch%20boy

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“Dutch boy.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Dutch%20boy. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Dutch boy,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Dutch%20boy.

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