Dutch courage
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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
Running gives Dutch courage, so we dropped from our wall, and we, too, began running—towards the deserters.
From Indiscreet Letters From Peking Being the Notes of an Eye-Witness, Which Set Forth in Some Detail, from Day to Day, the Real Story of the Siege and Sack of a Distressed Capital in 1900—The Year of Great Tribulation by Putnam Weale, B. L. (Bertram Lenox)
"No, no," replied the captain; "no, no, Mr Simple, I don't like what you call Dutch courage."
From Peter Simple; and, The Three Cutters, Vol. 1-2 by Marryat, Frederick
"Dutch courage is cheap enough, Mister Slyne," said the old man tauntingly.
From The White Blackbird by Douglas, Hudson
"I think, sir," observed I, "that it is an injustice to this fine ship's company to hint at their requiring Dutch courage."
From Peter Simple; and, The Three Cutters, Vol. 1-2 by Marryat, Frederick
