pig-headed
Britishadjective
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Maas succeeded where more than 99% failed by being smart, sometimes pig-headed and, in the end, lucky.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 19, 2024
General Secretary Mick Cash said: "The wholesale cancellation of services is entirely down to ScotRail and their pig-headed refusal to treat their conductors with the equity and fairness that they deserve."
From BBC ● Mar. 28, 2021
"It's so foolish of the bullies to punish the charities. Totally pig-headed and stupid."
From Salon ● Jun. 5, 2019
So begins the first line of dialogue in the comic, placed in a thought bubble above the head of a pig-headed, midget-bodied figure in a Spider-Man costume.
From Slate ● Dec. 18, 2018
But the pig-headed sentinel still refused to let him pass.
From Short Stories of the New America Interpreting the America of this age to high school boys and girls by Various
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