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The Dutch people are very clean and neat.
Indeed, Holland is said to be the cleanest country in the world.
The Dutch mothers scrub their houses both inside and outside. They / scrub the bricks on the sidewalks. If there is a tree near by, they / scrub the trunk of that.
Oh, they are very, very clean. You would find no dust in their houses. / Their houses are always clean and shining.