plural noun
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testicles
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manly courage
Example Sentences
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And the cojones to keep up with it.
From Washington Times
Even “Blazing Saddles” didn’t have the cojones to make up details like that.
From Los Angeles Times
Albright once condemned Cuban pilots for shooting down civilian planes with the memorable line “This is not cojones, it is cowardice” — protests of unladylike language be darned, Bill Clinton remembered.
From Washington Post
She also took a hard line on Cuba, famously saying at the United Nations that the 1996 Cuban shootdown of a civilian plane was not “cojones” but rather “cowardice.”
From Seattle Times
The closest anyone could recall was when she castigated the Cuban government at the United Nations for shooting down a civilian Brothers to the Rescue plane by saying it hadn’t been “cojones” but rather “cowardice.”
From Seattle Times
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