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hotspur
[ hot-spur ]
noun
- an impetuous or reckless person; a hothead.
hotspur
1/ ˈhɒtˌspɜː /
noun
- an impetuous or fiery person
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- hotspurred adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of hotspur1
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Origin of hotspur1
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Example Sentences
To welcome the English Premier League to NBC, the former SNL star took over as coach of Tottenham Hotspur.
Or André Villas Boas, the Portuguese coach of British club Tottenham Hotspur, talking about a game against Manchester United.
Hotspur: Why, so can I, or so can any man; But will they come when you do call for them?
Robertson was a veritable Hotspur and upset for a time the serenity of our meetings.
How grand and manly looked her Prince on his high mount; yet she saw at a glance that he did not ride Hotspur.
Hotspur, after a mad gallop, had raced back riderless to the stables, stirrups dangling and saddle awry.
One condition she insisted on, however, namely, that Arthur should be her Hotspur.
Shakespeare was so far adherent to fact that Hotspur actually lived at Warkworth Castle.
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