hard-mouthed
Britishadjective
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(of a horse) not responding satisfactorily to a pull on the bit
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stubborn; obstinate
Example Sentences
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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
Archie pulled up, and, as the seaman had hoped, the hard-mouthed steed stopped, while the maddened buffalo and the almost as much maddened hunters went thundering on, and were soon far ahead of them.
From The Buffalo Runners A Tale of the Red River Plains by Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael)
"Na, weel I wat!" said the hard-mouthed ungracious Meg.
From Alec Forbes of Howglen by MacDonald, George
Albino rode a hard-mouthed, wilful beast, which shook him constantly like a fit of the fever and ague, and which we distinguished by the name of the trotter.
From Incidents of Travel in Yucatan, Vol. II. by Stephens, John L.
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