ramrod

Her diaries, released much later, revealed a far more passionate woman than the ramrod-backed public image allows.

Huffman says Bunny is a tall, slim presence with ramrod-straight bearing.

I ordered Ramrod to clap a charge of grape into one of the bow-chasers and let drive at the first object that came in sight.

Miss Becky, meanwhile, sat erect as a ramrod, a look of perplexity screwing her wrinkles all out of shape.

Ye–es,” said the lad, wincing; “just as if some one was boring a hole through my shoulder with a red-hot ramrod.

“Yes, we have got the guns,” said the boy; and he unslung the one he carried and began to try the charge with the ramrod.

Bones, standing as stiff as a ramrod before the office table at which his superior sat, saluted.