iron-jawed

[ ahy-ern-jawd ]

adjective

1. having a jaw of or like iron:

   an iron-jawed press; an iron-jawed fighter.

2. fiercely determined:

   an iron-jawed will.

Word History and Origins

Origin of iron-jawed¹

First recorded in 1880–85

Example Sentences

I'm the old original iron-jawed, brass-mounted, copper-bellied corpse-maker from the wilds of Arkansaw!

From Project Gutenberg

Big Medicine was transformed into a cold-eyed, iron-jawed fighting machine.

From Project Gutenberg

"Muddy gasoline," nodded Millbank tersely—an iron-jawed, over-groomed man of forty, with a florid face shaved blue.

From Project Gutenberg

An iron-jawed fellow he is, with every muscle in his well-knit body to match.

From Project Gutenberg

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