pot-valiant
Americanadjective
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Etymology
Origin of pot-valiant
First recorded in 1635–45
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If these men just mentioned had been so protected they would not have been killed, however rash or pot-valiant they might have been.
From The Romance of Natural History, Second Series by Philip Henry Gosse
But in the midst of his brooding, Teppich and the fat Sturgeon assailed the nunnery gate with pot-valiant blows and shouts.
From Dragon's blood by Henry Milner Rideout
His eyes wore an expression of profound misery, but he preserved steadily other portions of a pot-valiant air.
From The Monster and Other Stories by Stephen Crane
With pot-valiant courage they declare their intention of seeking out and slaying this false traitor Death, and without more ado set forth on the quest.
From Chaucer and His Times by Grace E. Hadow
And when next they met, the pot-valiant squireen would chuckle proudly, "Faith, yon was a night."
From The House with the Green Shutters by George Douglas Brown
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