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hardhead

1 American  
[hahrd-hed] / ˈhɑrdˌhɛd /

noun

  1. a shrewd, practical person.

  2. blockhead.

  3. a freshwater fish, Mylopharodon conocephalus, of California.

  4. the Atlantic croaker. croaker2

  5. hardhead sponge.

  6. hardheads, a common knapweed, Centaurea nigra.

  7. hard head.

hardhead 2 American  
[hahrd-hed] / ˈhɑrdˌhɛd /

noun

  1. an alloyed silver coin of Scotland, issued in the 16th and 17th centuries, equal to one and one-half pence and later to twopence.

Etymology

Origin of hardhead1

First recorded in 1510–20; hard + head

Origin of hardhead2

1555–65; perhaps (by folk etymology) < French hardit, after Philip III, named le Hardi the Bold (1245–85), king of France, who first issued the coin

Example Sentences

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Her husband, something of a hardhead, would certainly listen to this guy.

From New York Times • Jul. 28, 2021

If you're expecting the Mariners to magically contend for the AL West crown, go ahead and yell now and bang your hardhead against that wall all season.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 1, 2011

Having laughed the Press out of his office, he motored next day to Annapolis, boarded the Sequoia, spent two unrecorded days engaged in "hardhead" fishing or otherwise.

From Time Magazine Archive

We knew he was a hardhead; his insecurity was less apparent.

From Time Magazine Archive

A sample of hardhead weighed 155.1 grams, and gave 21.0 grams of coarse particles, equivalent to 13.5 per cent. of the whole.

From A Text-book of Assaying: For the Use of Those Connected with Mines. by Beringer, Cornelius

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