英语词汇pot valor的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	pot valor
词源	pot valor. Pot valor is an older name for Dutch courage or “whiskey courage,” meaning valor or courage inspired by alco- hol. Pot valor goes back to at least 1623, while Dutch courage dates to the troubles between the Dutch and British in the 17th century. Whiskey courage is a fairly recent Americanism.
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