rock-ribbed
or rock-rib
having ribs or ridges of rock: the rock-ribbed coast of Maine.
unyielding; confirmed and uncompromising: a rock-ribbed conservative.
Origin of rock-ribbed
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How to use rock-ribbed in a sentence
After all, Kansas is as rock-ribbed a Republican state as they come.
Kansas Republicans Pat Roberts and Sam Brownback Lifted by Rising Tide | Ben Jacobs | November 5, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTI am shocked at how many New Yorkers I had thought to be rock-ribbed Democrats are attending Romney fundraisers.
Republicans, particularly rock-ribbed Reaganites, have compromised themselves into a corner.
There was the cove, sweeping in to the left, along the bluff opposite, which was high and rock-ribbed.
The Rival Campers Afloat | Ruel Perley SmithHigh above him towered a rock-ribbed peak, so tall that even in summer its upper reaches were snowbound.
Rescue Dog of the High Pass | James Arthur Kjelgaard
Vast chasms rent the sides of rock-ribbed mountains, and the place looked desolate and barren to a degree.
The Ocean Wireless Boys and the Lost Liner | Wilbur LawtonHis path through life is about three feet wide and bordered with rock-ribbed conventionality.
Cap'n Warren's Wards | Joseph C. LincolnA huge rock-ribbed canyon, at the bottom of which rolls the Oregon, separates the two.
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