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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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
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
But he was hard-mouthed, and stiff-necked and hell-bent on having his own way about things.
From I Married a Ranger by Smith, Dama Margaret
All the strain that Alaric could bring to bear on the reins did not serve to check the headlong speed of the hard-mouthed ponies.
From Rick Dale, A Story of the Northwest Coast by Munroe, Kirk
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