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Dutch courage   /dətʃ kˈərədʒ/   Listen
Dutch courage

noun
1.
Courage resulting from intoxication.





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"Dutch courage" Quotes from Famous Books



... to gulp; but the wine was too noble, and he found himself savoring its course down his throat. Why, he thought vaguely, do people always speak with scorn about Dutch courage? The Dutch have real guts. They fought themselves free of Spain and free of the ocean itself; when the French or Germans came, they made the ...
— Industrial Revolution • Poul William Anderson
... the priest came, and held a service in the late Mrs. ——'s bedroom. When this was over, the door of the room was locked. After that the noises were not heard till one evening Mr. B—— came home from a fair, fortified, no doubt, with a little "Dutch courage," and declared that even if the devil were in it he would go into the locked room. In spite of all his family could say or do, he burst open the door, and entered the room, but apparently saw nothing. ...
— True Irish Ghost Stories • St John D Seymour


Words linked to "Dutch courage" :   courage, braveness, bravery, courageousness


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