iron-jawed
[ahy-ern-jawd]
- having a jaw of or like iron: an iron-jawed press; an iron-jawed fighter.
- fiercely determined: an iron-jawed will.
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Origin of iron-jawed
First recorded in 1880–85
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Historical Examples
An iron-jawed fellow he is, with every muscle in his well-knit body to match.
A Tramp's WalletWilliam Duthie
"Muddy gasoline," nodded Millbank tersely—an iron-jawed, over-groomed man of forty, with a florid face shaved blue.
The Fighting ChanceRobert W. Chambers
Big Medicine was transformed into a cold-eyed, iron-jawed fighting machine.
Flying U RanchB. M. Bower