Dutch courage
Example Sentences
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Dutch courage … John le Carré's Toby Bell takes to a cafe to prepare himself to steal an illicit recording back from his employer.
From The Guardian ● Apr. 12, 2013
"Dutch courage is cheap enough," said a contemptuous, sneering voice in the background, and the sound of shuffling footsteps succeeded it.
From The White Blackbird by Douglas, Hudson
Then she was forced to emerge—and no tottering criminal, about to face the scaffold, has ever had more need of Dutch courage than Laura in this moment.
From The Getting of Wisdom by Richardson, Henry Handel
The effect was marvelous, and enabled me clearly to understand the meaning of the familiar term "Dutch courage," so that I watched from afar the fight to the end without a return of funk.
From The Autobiography of a Journalist, Volume II by Stillman, William James
I don't believe in Dutch courage in any case, Bathurst; certainly not in yours.
From Rujub, the Juggler by Henty, G. A. (George Alfred)
