carport, backsider, for pure gall, galling. The third turns a violent tale into a surprisingly tender story. The tale behind a new museum of children’s literature is equal parts imagination, chutzpah and “The Little Engine That Could.”

There are, writes Sir Salman Rushdie, “three important characters” in a new memoir of his near-fatal stabbing. The first two are predictable: the author and his assailant. The third turns a violent tale into a surprisingly tender story


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Once Upon a Time, the World of Picture Books Came to Life The tale behind a new museum of children’s literature is equal parts imagination, chutzpah and “The Little Engine That Could.” Two generations of readers enjoy “Caps for Sale” at the Rabbit Hole, a new museum in Kansas City, Mo.Credit...Chase Castor for The New York Times View in browser | Update your preferences Saturday, June 25, 2022

Daily Comment When the Supreme Court Takes Away a Long-Held Constitutional Right The crude reality of the political machinations involved in overruling Roe v. Wade makes it galling to read the Court’s self-portrayal as a picture of proper judicial restraint. By Jeannie Suk Gersen Analysis: Balloon Incident Reveals More Than Spying There is nothing new about superpowers spying on one another, even from balloons. But for pure gall, there was something different this time.

• back・side
• 背, 後方; 〔俗〕 しり （rump）.⇒back

backsider

gall

noun

1. 1.

   bold and impudent behaviour.

   "the bank had the gall to demand a fee"

   Similar:

   impudence

   insolence

   impertinence

   cheek

   cheekiness

   nerve

   audacity

   brazenness

   effrontery

   temerity

   presumption

   presumptuousness

   brashness

   shamelessness

   pertness

   boldness

   bad manners

   rudeness

   impoliteness

   brass neck

   brass

   neck

   face

   chutzpah

   cockiness

   sauce

   sauciness

   snash

   sass

   sassiness

   nerviness

   hide

   crust

   malapertness

   procacity

   assumption
2. 2.

   the contents of the gall bladder; bile (proverbial for its bitterness).

 rudeness and the quality of being unable to understand that your behaviour or what you say is not acceptable to other people: [ + to infinitive ] ...

gall·ing (gô'lĭng) 

adj.
Causing extreme irritation or chagrin; vexing: a galling delay; a galling setback to their plans.

gallingly gall'ing·ly adv.

carport
n.
An open-sided shelter for an automotive vehicle, usually formed by a roof projecting from the side of a building.