1844 G. Fownes 393 Pure Dutch-liquid is a thin, colourless fluid, of agreeably fragrant odour, and sweet taste.
1851 I. 191 Dutch liquid, chloride of olefiant gas, a new anæsthetic agent, said to be less irritating than chloroform.
1877 H. Watts (ed. 12) II. 69 Dutch liquid having been discovered by four Dutch chemists in 1795.