bull-necked
Americanadjective
adjective
"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012Etymology
Origin of bull-necked
Middle English word dating back to 1350–1400
Example Sentences
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After all, that bull-necked English egotist said he wanted to leave three years ago.
From The Guardian
Did I skulk in dodgy pubs with bull-necked men with shaved heads and bulldogs?
From The Guardian
A 5ft 11in, 220lb, bull-necked slab of badness who kept pigeons.
From BBC
Igor Plotnitsky, a burly, bull-necked warlord who has been at the helm of the unrecognized Luhansk People’s Republic in eastern Ukraine since 2014, was wounded and hospitalized after a bomb explosion, separatist authorities said in a statement.
From Los Angeles Times
“The assassins knew the neighborhood well,” said Hussein, a bull-necked man with sad, dark eyes.
From Washington Post
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