Dutch courage

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Dutch courage

unusual or artificial courage arising from the influence of alcohol. (Viewed by some as insulting to the Dutch.) It was Dutch courage that made the football fan attack the policeman. It will take a bit of Dutch courage to make an after-dinner speech.

See also: courage, Dutch

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[1] Dutch courage is courage that results from indulgence in Dutch gin or Hollands; here applied to the gin itself. Adventure of the Black Fisherman by Irving, Washington View in context			due due to duke duke it out duke out dull dull as dishwater dumb dummy dummy up dump dump load dump on dumped on dumps dun for dunk dunk into dust dust bunny dust off dust out dust pants dutch Dutch auction Dutch courage Dutch treat Dutch uncle duty duty bound duty bound to dwell dwell on dwindle away dyed-in-the-wool dying dying to do dying to know each each to own eager eager beaver eagle eagle eye ear earful early early bird early on Early ripe, early rotten Early to bed and early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise			Dutch case-knife bean Dutch Central Bank Dutch Centre for Crop Circle Studies Dutch Chamber Music Ensemble Dutch cheese Dutch Chemometrics Society Dutch Childhood Leukaemia Study Group Dutch Chinese Student Network Dutch Classic Yacht Regatta Dutch clinker dutch clover dutch clover Dutch clovers Dutch Coalition on Disability and Development Dutch Colonial Dutch Colonial architecture Dutch Colonial Revival Dutch Colorectal Cancer Group Dutch colour scheme Dutch Committee for Afganistan Dutch concert Dutch Configuration Management Office Dutch Connection Ceramics Dutch Country DJ Association Dutch Country Western Dance Association Dutch courage Dutch Creative Industry Fund Dutch Debian Distribution Initiative Dutch Defence Vehicle Systems Dutch Delta University Dutch Design in Development Dutch design week Dutch Dialogue Marketing Association Dutch diaper bond Dutch Direct Auction Dutch disease Dutch disease Dutch doll Dutch dolls Dutch door Dutch door Dutch door Dutch door bolt Dutch doors Dutch doors Dutch dormer Dutch dormer Dutch Dwarf Dutch E-sport Players Network Dutch East India Dutch East India Co Dutch East India Company Dutch East India Company Dutch East India Company (VOC) Dutch East India Trading Dutch East India Trading Company

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