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
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)
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
He sought his black bottle for Dutch courage; but before he could raise it to his bloodless lips, the wounded man perceived him, and he gave a cry of terror.
From Jack Harkaway and His Son's Escape from the Brigand's of Greece by Hemyng, Bracebridge
