Usually means: Firm, direct advice from mentor.
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We found 23 dictionaries that define the word Dutch uncle:

General (18 matching dictionaries)
  1. Dutch uncle: Merriam-Webster
  2. Dutch uncle: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. Dutch uncle: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. Dutch uncle: Collins English Dictionary
  5. Dutch uncle: Vocabulary.com
  6. Dutch uncle: Wiktionary
  7. Dutch uncle: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  8. Dutch uncle: Infoplease Dictionary
  9. dutch uncle: Dictionary.com
  10. Dutch Uncle (play), Dutch Uncle, Dutch uncle: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  11. Dutch uncle: Rhymezone
  12. Dutch Uncle: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)
  13. dutch uncle: FreeDictionary.org
  14. dutch uncle: Mnemonic Dictionary
  15. Dutch Uncle: The Word Detective
  16. Dutch uncle: TheFreeDictionary.com
  17. Dutch uncle: Merriam-Webster

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Dutch uncle: Encyclopedia

Miscellaneous (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Dutch uncle: Idioms
  2. Dutch uncle: Wordcraft Dictionary

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Dutch uncle: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. Dutch uncle: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (Dutch uncle)

noun:  One who reproves in a blunt, stern manner intended for the benefit of the recipient.

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