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Definition of Bullet-headed

1. Adjective. Obstinate and stupid.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Bullet-headed

Literary usage of Bullet-headed

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Popular Science Monthly (1872)
"The bullet-headed man has outstripped the broad-browed man in every thing he ... In reply, I say, " Look at that bullet-headed man, and see what he has to ..."

2. The Practical Elements of Rhetoric: With Illustrative Examples by John Franklin Genung (1896)
"The bullet-headed man has outstripped the broad-browed man in everything he ... In reply, I say,' Look at that bullet-headed man, and see what he has to ..."

3. The Gentleman's Magazine (1880)
"But your stiff-built, bullet-headed young Briton would rather die than weep, ... said the bullet-headed young Briton. There were three people in the room—a ..."

4. The Clinical Journal (1905)
"Begin with the largest bullet-headed bougie which will pass through the ... Next take the smaller sized bullet-headed bougies and see what will go through. ..."

5. Yale Lectures on Preaching by Henry Ward Beecher (1902)
"The bullet-headed man has outstripped the broad-browed man in everything he ... In reply, I say, " Look at that bullet-headed man, and see what he has to ..."

6. The Admirable Tinker: Child of the World by Edgar Jepson (1904)
"She threw up her hands and burst into tears; the children's laughter rose to a shrill yell; and with extreme swiftness Tinker caught the bullet- headed boy ..."

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