What does pot-valiant mean?
Pot-valiant means Having bravado from drunkenness..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · adjective
Having bravado from drunkenness..
Her huſband was ‘pot-valiant,’ he feared her not at the moment, nor had he then much reaſon, for ſhe inſtantly turned the whole force of her anger another way.
You know the sort of fellows that we are obliged to content ourselves with—they get drunk—grow pot-valiant—enlist over night, and repent next morning.
He looked up as the horse approached, but did not run away, being rendered pot-valiant by the liquor he had drunk earlier in the evening.
"I don't care that mush for 'er law," he said, and with a sudden change to ferocity ordered the barmaid to "fillit uppergen." The effect of this potation was to make Cripps pot valiant to the last degree.
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Pot-valiant means Having bravado from drunkenness..
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Her huſband was ‘pot-valiant,’ he feared her not at the moment, nor had he then much reaſon, for ſhe inſtantly turned the whole force of her anger another way.
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