Dutchman
n.— «Contractors have cut out letters or entire words from the granite and put in a blank plug, commonly called a Dutchman, for each correction. The next step will involve carving the corrected words into the granite.» —“Work begins to correct six errors on war memorial” by John Reynolds State Journal-Register (Springfield, Illinois) Oct. 5, 2005. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
What if, instead of being an inanimate object, a dictionary were alive? That’s the idea behind a lavishly illustrated new children’s book called The Dictionary Story (Bookshop|Amazon) by Oliver Jeffers and Sam Winston. This is part of a...
After our chat about tongue twisters, a Chicago, Illinois, listener shares one that looks much easier than it sounds: Irish wristwatch. This is part of a complete episode.
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