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
His Royal Highness was on foot, and was seen standing facing the enemy, with outstretched legs, like a Colossus of Rhodes, impassive and stolid,—the very impersonification of Dutch courage and aggressiveness.
From History of Circumcision from the Earliest Times to the Present Moral and Physical Reasons for its Performance by Remondino, Peter Charles
The Dutch have had second-hand flags to fight under; And so if "Dutch courage" mean borrowed, what wonder?
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 105 October 7, 1893 by Various
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
His face grew paler, his scar waxed redder, and with all his Dutch courage there was a look of alarm visible in his cold eyes.
From The Bishop's Secret by Hume, Fergus
