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stiff-necked

[stif-nekt] / ˈstɪfˈnɛkt /


















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Stiff-necked, prim, always dressed in a starched white shirt, he tries to turn the kids into adults overnight by lecturing them on deportment and making them read books they cannot hope to understand.

From Time Magazine Archive

Stiff-necked Steve Kennedy, who once refused police files to a Wagner-approved TV scriptwriter and made it stick, refused to issue a formal apology.

From Time Magazine Archive

Stiff-necked and fanatical as they were, when they left England, they did but intensify their hard fanaticism in the new land.

From American Sketches 1908 by Whibley, Charles

Again Leon's eyes crossed the aisle and he looked directly at the man whom everybody in the community called "Stiff-necked Johnny."

From Laddie; a true blue story by Stratton-Porter, Gene

Stiff-necked onions, often called stags, are the result either of improper growth or poor stock.

From Farm Gardening with Hints on Cheap Manuring Quick Cash Crops and How to Grow Them by Anonymous




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