moxie
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moxie (uncountable)
- backbone, determination and fortitude
- initiative or skill
- (Can we date this quote?) John Updike, Rabbit Redux:
- As a girl she had speed and a knock-kneed moxie at athletics, and might have done more with it if she hadn't harvested all the glory already.
- (Can we date this quote?) John Updike, Rabbit Redux: