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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Pot-valiant
Synonyms for "pot-valiant"
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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.
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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.
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"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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