The instant Haley touched the saddle, the mettlesome creature bounded from the earth with a sudden spring, that threw his master sprawling, some feet off, on the soft, dry turf.
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Mettlesome
//ˈmɛtəlsəm//
Synonyms for "mettlesome" (108 found)
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5 entriesTranslations
10 translations across 7 languages.
Bulgarian
2 entries- смел adj (of great mettle)
- храбър adj (of great mettle)
Finnish
2 entries- lujahermoinen adj (of great mettle)
- rautainen adj (of great mettle)
French
1 entries- preux adj (of great mettle)
German
1 entries- mutig adj (of great mettle)
Irish
1 entries- faghartha adj (of great mettle)
Portuguese
1 entries- brioso adj (of great mettle)
Spanish
2 entries- animoso adj (of great mettle)
- brioso adj (of great mettle)
Sample sentences
2 total sentences available.
Among them was the "West Country" driver, Swain, of Bude, over the Great Central, who reminded me irresistibly of a hunter putting a particularly mettlesome steed at the fences.
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