pot-valiant

Definitions

Examples

• Bring a large pot of water to a boil and season liberally with salt.

• Set a heatproof bowl over a pot of gently simmering water, making sure that the bowl does not touch the surface of the water.

• Before this latest brush with the law, the rapper was facing pot-bust and unrelated gun charges.

• It seems to me that he is playing the part of the valiant hero nearing his end.

• So too does Inherent Vice, which is something like a love letter written in pot smoke to the Gold Coast.

• A Yankee, whose face had been mauled in a pot-house brawl, assured General Jackson that he had received his scars in battle.

• With this company he had rendered valiant service in the campaign which ended with the battle of Pea Ridge.

• And, old ink pot, tuck a horse blanket under my chin, and rub me down with brickbats while I feed!

• He was an active and valiant prince, who made himself respected by the powers of Europe.

• Thy fairest men also shall fall by the sword, and thy valiant ones in battle.