pot-valiancen.
/pɒtˈvalɪəns/, U.S. /pɑtˈvæljəns/ = pot-valour n.
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the mind > emotion > courage > Dutch courage > [noun]
pot-valour?1623
pot courage1806
Dutch courage1826
bottle bravery1830
pot-valiantry1845
pot-valiance1872
pot valiancy1876
1872 Times 26 Feb. 7/3 Edgar Dupraillon..has taken too much wine.., gets his hat knocked off in a scuffle at the door of the restaurant, in his pot-valiance knocks off a hat in return, and finds his way home in the smallest of the small hours.
1884 W. E. Norris Thirlby Hall xxxii He had worked himself up into a condition of pot-valiance.
1910 R. Sabatini Mistress Wilding i. 3 (heading) Pot-valiance.
1991 Guardian (Nexis) 16 Mar. Pot-valiance has been part of battle since wine and warfare were invented, probably on the same drunken night.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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