battleaxe
Example Sentences
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When we think of comedy and marriage, we probably think of “’er indoors” jokes: all those Les Dawson-era gags about henpecked husbands and battleaxe in-laws.
From The Guardian • Sep. 3, 2016
Some of his most striking imagery was reserved for Margaret Thatcher, variously depicted during her premiership as a battleaxe, a blind automaton and a bloody-fanged pterodactyl.
From BBC • Jan. 29, 2013
But the performance everyone on set is talking about is Vanessa Redgrave's: she plays Volumnia, the mother who raised Coriolanus as warrior for Rome – more nuanced and less of a battleaxe than is customary.
From The Guardian • May 6, 2010
On horseback with mace or battleaxe it is mainly a question of sheer strength, and though you are very strong there are others who are as strong as you.
From In Freedom's Cause : a Story of Wallace and Bruce by Henty, G. A. (George Alfred)
He had already his father's sword, and needed only a light battleaxe and a dagger to complete his offensive equipment.
From In Freedom's Cause : a Story of Wallace and Bruce by Henty, G. A. (George Alfred)
