hard-mouthed
Britishadjective
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(of a horse) not responding satisfactorily to a pull on the bit
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stubborn; obstinate
Example Sentences
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The impression is not shared by the hard-eyed, hard-mouthed peasant, Communist and soldier, Army General Georgy Konstantinovich Zhukov, who commands the drive on the Rzhev front and had much to do with planning the others.
From Time Magazine Archive
Bulky, hard-mouthed Bernie Shelton,-50, youngest and meanest of the ill-famed Shelton boys, fell.
From Time Magazine Archive
And what horses broken in young are not docile to their riders? while if they are not broken in till late they become hard-mouthed and unmanageable.
From Plutarch's Morals by Arthur Richard Shilleto
I saw the Speaker's face stiffen like the face of a helmsman as he humours a hard-mouthed yacht after a sudden following sea.
From A Diversity of Creatures by Rudyard Kipling
Piers, if I'm a prying cat, you're a hard-mouthed mule!
From The Bars of Iron by Ethel M. (Ethel May) Dell
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