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moxie
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Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"courage," 1930, from Moxie , brand name of a bitter, non-alcoholic drink, 1885, perhaps as far back as 1876 as the name of a patent medicine advertised to "build up your nerve;" despite legendary origin stories put out by the company that made it, it is ...
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Moxie is a historic trimaran sailboat . It was custom designed by Dick Newick and built by Walter Greene to the OSTAR race limit at Handy Boat , Cousins River , Yarmouth , Maine . It was launched in 1980. Skippered by Philip Weld , Moxie won the Observer ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 backbone, determination and fortitude 2 initiative or skill
Usage examples of moxie.
Moxie worked on the same principle as the capacitor tiles on these ships.
The streak will not be broken until August the third of this year when Moxie will once more go hitless after hitting in one hundred and one.
Goodgulf, Moxie, and Pepsi mounted their complaining bleaters and spurred on in the evening shadows toward the fabled capital of Twodor.
Frito was shown to a seat about halfway down the table between an unusually deformed dwarf and an elf who smelled like a birdnest, and Moxie and Pepsi were sent to a small table in a corner with the Easter Bunny and a couple of tooth fairies.
Will put down his tote bag and held out his hand, and the cat came up to rub her head against his knuckles, just as Moxie did.