hammerheaded adj.
stupid, stubborn.
Trimming of Thomas Nashe B4: I thinke that halfe a yeeres study did not bring it out of thy dunsticall hammer-headed scalpe. | ||
Summer’s Last Will and Testament in Works VI (1883–4) 169: A number of rude Vulcans, unweldy speakers, hammer-headed clowns. | ||
Sheffield Dly Teleg. 20 May 5/5: Hopeless, hammer-headed obstruction is the short history of this evening’s sitting after question time. | ||
Old Man Curry 223: You great big hammer-headed lobster, what have you got to say for yourself? | ‘Egyptian Corn’||
in DARE. | ||
Plus Sept. 14: I love my husband, but he’s as hardheaded as a mule [...] An ornery, balky, hammer-headed mule! [HDAS]. |