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Definition
rude and disrespectful behavior — often made by someone who does not realize they are being rude — as when someone is presumptuous or impolitely bold
- And yet, when I had the effrontery to make you this same proposition, you turned me out of the house.4.34 (82% in)
There are no more uses of "effrontery" in Gone with the Wind.
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