† pot-valiantryn.
Obsolete. rare.
= pot-valour n.
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pot-valour?1623
pot courage1806
Dutch courage1826
bottle bravery1830
pot-valiantry1845
pot-valiance1872
pot valiancy1876
1845 S. Judd Margaret iii. 441 The old man is still mercurial; but his pot-valiantry is gone.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
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n.1845- to charm asleep
- to charm the tongue
- to chase a person to mischance
- to chase forth
- to chase one's tail
- to chase rainbows
- to chase the dragon
- to chase to mischance
- to chase up
- to chaw one's maw
- to chaw up
- to declare a dividend
- to declare a person a fugitive
- to declare for
- to declare for , or against
- to declare for in favour of, or against
- to declare from the house-top
- to declare from the house-tops
- to declare from the housetop
- to declare from the housetops
- to declare off
- to declare on the house-top
- to declare on the house-tops
- to declare on the housetop
- to declare on the housetops