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An entire nation accidentally turned into shorthand for cheap, fake, or splitting the bill.

means Relating to the Netherlands, its people, or languagethough the slang sense means each person pays for themselves.

from From Middle Dutch 'duutsch,' once meaning 'of the people' and covering all Germanic speakers; English narrowed it to the Netherlands, then weaponized it during 17th-century trade wars into a parade of insults.

Trade-war grudgeDutch courage, Dutch uncle: rival-nation slander in disguise.
Going dutchEveryone pays their own way, romance-killer included.
Self-namingThe Dutch call themselves Nederlanders, not Dutch.
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