hardhead
1 Americannoun
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a shrewd, practical person.
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a freshwater fish, Mylopharodon conocephalus, of California.
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the Atlantic croaker. croaker2
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hardheads, a common knapweed, Centaurea nigra.
noun
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
The thought of warships abuilding on sheltered inland seas, of ocean-going freighters plowing to the docks of Detroit, appealed to many a hardhead aware of the labyrinthine economic dangers of the project.
From Time Magazine Archive
We knew he was a hardhead; his insecurity was less apparent.
From Time Magazine Archive
One of the teamsters muttered to the other: "There he comes, the old hardhead."
From The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries Masterpieces of German Literature Vol. 19 by Various
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