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chutzpah definition

chutz·pah or chutzpa chutz′pa (ho̵ots′pə, kho̵ots′-; -pä)

noun

Informal shameless audacity; impudence; brass

Etymology: Yiddish < Heb

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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