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hard-mouthed

British  

adjective

  1. (of a horse) not responding satisfactorily to a pull on the bit

  2. stubborn; obstinate

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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

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

Obstinate, hard-mouthed brutes, the whole family of us.

From The Sixth Sense A Novel by McKenna, Stephen