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mettlesome

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10 lettersPronunciation /ˈmɛtəlsəm/Part of speech adjectiveSorted eeelmmosttStarts with MEnds with E0 clues
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Definitions

  1. willing to face danger

Word origin

From mettle + -some.

Used in a sentence

  • 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.
  • 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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