Hutzpah

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Noun
  1. 1
    Alternative form of chutzpah. alt-of, alternative, uncountable

    "Gavin Newlands, the Scottish National Party's transport spokesman, told Parliament: "I do admire the Secretary of State's hutzpah for the most bullish U-turn I have yet seen in this place."

  2. 2
    (Yiddish) unbelievable gall; insolence; audacity wordnet

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"Gavin Newlands, the Scottish National Party's transport spokesman, told Parliament: "I do admire the Secretary of State's hutzpah for the most bullish U-turn I have yet seen in this place."

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