"stiff upper lip" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1834, David Crockett, A Narrative of the Life of David Crockett, page 130",
          "text": "I thought now the jig was mighty nigh up with me, but I determined to keep a stiff upper lip.",
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          "ref": "1959, “Stiff Upper Lip”, in Ella Fitzgerald Sings the George and Ira Gershwin Songbook, performed by Ella Fitzgerald",
          "text": "Stiff upper lip, stout fella. Carry on, old fluff. Chin up, keep muddling through. Stiff upper lip, stout fella, when the going’s rough. Pip pip to old man trouble and a toodle-oo too.[…] Stiff upper lip, stout fella, when you’re in the stew. Sober or blotto, this is your motto. Keep muddling through.",
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          "ref": "2005, Ben Wright, Michael Patrick Shiels, Good Bounces and Bad Lies, page 39",
          "text": "In typical British stiff upper lip fashion, the tournament organizers expected us to play into, and through, the menacing weather.",
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        "The quality of being resolute and showing self-restraint, stereotypically associated with the British; especially as keep a stiff upper lip."
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        "(idiomatic) The quality of being resolute and showing self-restraint, stereotypically associated with the British; especially as keep a stiff upper lip."
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          "word": "mustn't grumble"
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  "etymology_text": "Of American origin; the earliest known use is in 1811.https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/The_Olive_Branch_Or_Faults_on_Both_Sides/vG89AAAAYAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=stiff+upper+lip&pg=PA237&printsec=frontcover",
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