mettlesome
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mettled or mettlesome (ˈmɛtəld, ˈmɛtəlsəm) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —adj | |
| spirited, courageous, or valiant | |
| mettlesome or mettlesome | |
| —adj | |
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Mettlesome
is always a great word to know.
So is callithumpian. Does it mean:
| an extraordinary or unusual thing, person, or event; an exceptional example or instance. |
| a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes. |
Example sentences
Here she mounts some a mettlesome horse and trains him with d wonderful skill and boldness.
Except for a laggard quality in the ballet movements, it moves with a mettlesome step.
The wheelers especially were a splendid pair of mettlesome stallions, and tho leaders carefully elected.
It transmutes the broadly stylized mood of a mettlesome farce into the gusto and colors of the musical stage.
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