Definition of Hardheads

1. Noun. A weedy perennial with tough wiry stems and purple flowers; native to Europe but widely naturalized.

Exact synonyms: Black Knapweed, Centaurea Nigra, Lesser Knapweed
Generic synonyms: Knapweed

Definition of Hardheads

1. Noun. (plural of hardhead) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Hardheads

1. hardhead [n] - See also: hardhead

Lexicographical Neighbors of Hardheads

hardfaces
hardfern
hardferns
hardfisted
hardgoods
hardhack
hardhacks
hardhanded
hardhandedness
hardhat
hardhats
hardheaded
hardheadedly
hardheadedness
hardheads (current term)
hardhearted
hardheartedly
hardheartedness
hardier
hardies
hardiest
hardihead
hardihood
hardihoods
hardily
hardiment
hardiments
hardiness
hardinesses

Literary usage of Hardheads

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

1. The History of Civilisation in Scotland by John Mackintosh (1893)
"In 1565, the Lords of Council ordered the false coins called hardheads, brought from Flanders, to be melted, and to have no currency in the kingdom. ..."

2. Domestic Annals of Scotland from the Reformation to the Revolution by Robert Chambers (1858)
"So also the Regent Morton increased his unpopularity by diminishing the value of hardheads from three halfpence to a penny, and the plack-piece from ..."

3. The Numismatic Chronicle by Royal Numismatic Society (Great Britain) (1876)
"... and as the latest of the coins are the hardheads of 1555, we can very nearly approach the date ... hardheads. Two fine 1 15 1 4 81 1 35 1 1 1 1 3 ..."

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