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Pennsylvania Dutch

 
pronunciation:
pen sl veIn y duhch
part of speech: noun
definition 1: the descendants of German and Swiss immigrants who settled in Pennsylvania in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries.
definition 2: the High German dialect spoken by these settlers.
definition 3: the decorative folk art of these people, characterized by stylized carved or painted birds, fruits, and flowers.