Dutch Courage

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When someone drinks a few grogs and all of a sudden thinks they are Mike Tyson. Urban Dictionary

(n.) An alcoholic beverage had before an unpleasant task. The fact that britains' second empire and the Netherlands' first rose at the same time caused a great deal of tension between the two nations (though never real animosity like there was with France) and when they joined in temporary naval alliances they noted that dutch sailors took thier alcohol allowance just before battle, whereas the Royal Navymen drunk throughout the day. Urban Dictionary

Alcohol induced self-confidence Urban Dictionary

Alcohol induced self-confidence, the beverage in question was gin, or genever (juniper), the main ingredient. Urban Dictionary

Drinking to have confidance Urban Dictionary

Its bad when a group of people made the English and French look brave in the American Revolution by letting them do all the fighting in a war for independence from European control. Its not called Dutch courage for nothing. Urban Dictionary

Liquor, false courage from drinking liquor(this use, like many derogatory uses of dutch, comes from a time when England was at war with Holland. However, dutch also means German, which can be confusing) Urban Dictionary

Words that sound like dutch courage:
dutch courage, discourage, discouraged, deatherage, dickering, discourager, dockage, decorah, decora, decree, decry, descry, demurrage, decreer, dutch iris, duckers, ducking, daiquiri, ducker, dunkirk, dockery, daggering, dutcher, daker, dutching, akridge, dusking, doddridge, dacry, tiggerish.