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Definition of double Dutch noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

double Dutch

noun

/ˌdʌbl ˈdʌtʃ/

/ˌdʌbl ˈdʌtʃ/

[uncountable] (British English, informal)

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speech or writing that is impossible to understand, and that seems to have no meaning or make no sense
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