hardhead

¹

[ hahrd-hed ]

noun

1. a shrewd, practical person.
2. blockhead ( def 1 ).
3. a freshwater fish, Mylopharodon conocephalus, of California.
4. the Atlantic croaker. croaker2
5. hardhead sponge ( def ).
6. hardheads, a common knapweed, Centaurea nigra.
7. hard head ( def ).

hardhead

²

[ hahrd-hed ]

noun

1. an alloyed silver coin of Scotland, issued in the 16th and 17th centuries, equal to one and one-half pence and later to twopence.

Word History and Origins

Origin of hardhead¹

First recorded in 1510–20; hard + head

Origin of hardhead²

1555–65; perhaps (by folk etymology) < French hardit, after Philip III, named le Hardi the Bold (1245–85), king of France, who first issued the coin

Example Sentences

Her husband, something of a hardhead, would certainly listen to this guy.

From New York Times

The fog had now burned off, and the islands long tended by the Quinns, with names like Hardhead and the Porcupines, came into view.

From New York Times

“I think they will. The problem is China is hardheaded and Trump is a hardhead, too,” said Mason Sickel, who grows rice and soybeans in Arkansas.

From Washington Post

“I ain’t doing a thing,” she said, “but trying to talk some sense into your big, black, hardhead. You better stop trying to blame everything on Elizabeth and look to your own wrongdoings.”

From Literature

“I know,” she said, “there ain’t no safety except you walk humble before the Lord. You going to find it out, too, one day. You go on, hardhead. You going to come to grief.”

From Literature

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