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Sense 1
Meaning · English
A performance in which all the musicians play different songs at the same time.
Register: humorous, slang
Where it’s used:UsedAmerican English
Examples
Woe to light sleepers, whose delicate susceptibilities no rough campaigning usages had blunted as yet, for throughout the dreary night there was an everlasting Dutch concert of snortings, neighings, winnowings, squealings, from time to time diversified by the more practice misdemeanours of some inte
Usage example from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-07-30)
Sources & notes
Adapted from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-07-30 via kaikki.org).
Sense 2
Meaning · English
Where every one plays or signs a different tune.
Era: ca. 1811 (Georgian)
Where it’s used:OriginBritish & Irish English
Sources & notes
Historical definition reproduced from Grose’s Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue (1811 edition, public domain; Project Gutenberg #5402, retrieved 2026-07-31). Reflects the attitudes of its era.
Sense 3
Meaning · English
where each performer plays a different tune. Sometimes called a DUTCH MEDLEY when vocal efforts only are used.
Era: ca. 1874 (Victorian)
Where it’s used:OriginBritish & Irish English
Sources & notes
Historical definition reproduced from Hotten’s The Slang Dictionary (1874, public domain; Project Gutenberg #42108, retrieved 2026-07-31). Reflects the attitudes of its era.
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