A Dictionary of Dutchness / druk 1

Do you have to visit the IND, are your children doing VWO

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and do you know BOB? Have you got a DigiD and are you

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This fully revised edition of A Dictionary of Dutchness has 400

entries to help unravel the acronyms, abbreviations and

jargon of everyday life in the Netherlands.

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Amsterdam mayor Job Cohen

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