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uit_den_ouden_doosch

uit den ouden doosch

Dutch

Prepositional phrase

uit den ouden doosch

  1. (humorous, archaising, neologism) Deliberate misspelling of uit de oude doos.

Usage notes

  • Used in informal publications as a faux-archaic form. Note that it treats doosch as masculine noun and that the -sch spelling of doos is not etymological and unattested in older texts.