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
Many of the legionnaires are German�lean, hard-mouthed, blond men in white kepis, their pockets stuffed with grenades.
From Time Magazine Archive
Bulky, hard-mouthed Bernie Shelton,-50, youngest and meanest of the ill-famed Shelton boys, fell.
From Time Magazine Archive
"He's a hard-mouthed brute if ever there was one."
From Thoroughbreds by Fraser, William Alexander
His detractors often accuse him of being hard-mouthed, but this charge is not well founded.
From Dogs and All about Them by Leighton, Robert
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