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Moxie
is always a great word to know.
So is schlock. Does it mean:
| something of cheap or inferior quality; junk |
| insincere talk; nonsense |
Example Sentences
- Of course, it takes a certain amount of moxie or youthful insouciance to actually make the look work.
- The girl has moxie, you gotta give her that.
- The son of a shop teacher, he had the woodcrafting moxie to build his own track.
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Word Origin & History
moxie
1908, popularized by Moxie, trademark name registered 1924 for a bitter non-alcoholic beverage; the word was used as far back as 1876 as the name of a patent medicine advertised to "build up your nerve," and it is perhaps ultimately from a New England Indian word.
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Slang Dictionary
moxie definition[ˈmɑksi]
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Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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