hardhead

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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 • Sep. 3, 2020

Let us look into the other camp, where General Hardhead is so engrossed with his own greatness and power as not clearly to hear the shots on his picket line.

From The Shadow On The Dial, and Other Essays 1909 by Howes, S. O. (Silas Orrin)

The Victorian representative is the well-known White-eyed Duck, or Hardhead.

From An Australian Bird Book A Pocket Book for Field Use by Leach, John Albert

But the Reverend Adolphus Hardhead was not merely a scholar and a schoolmaster.

From A Week's Tramp in Dickens-Land by Hughes, William R. (William Richard)

After a time, however, it was concluded that nothing better could be done than to appoint old Jonas Hardhead skipper for this single trip.

From Jack in the Forecastle or, Incidents in the Early Life of Hawser Martingale by Sleeper, John Sherburne