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Meanings of mettlesome in English

Willing to face danger.

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Usage of mettlesome in English
1
The wave of pain was as the lash to a mettlesome horse.
Prince or Chauffeur? A Story of Newport
2
Having fed our mettlesome steed, the next thing was to water him.
Gala-Days
3
Billy was standing in the carriage slashing the mettlesome horses with the whip.
A Girl of the Limberlost
4
The Carp is far stronger and more mettlesome than the Bream.
The Compleat Angler
5
Both were expert horsemen and the ponies under them were mettlesome.
Comrades of the Saddle; Or, The Young Rough Riders of the Plains
6
This charming May air has made us both mettlesome and happy.
Henry VIII and His Court: A Historical Novel
7
The girl rode a mettlesome little pony, sitting sidewise on a man's saddle.
The Eagle's Heart
8
The mettlesome showy ones were bred to display their paces for rich men only.
The Moon Rock
9
This was a mettlesome assault, and as successful as it was brief and determined.
The Campaign of Chancellorsville
10
You'd try to ride any horse I could, no matter how mettlesome it was.
Tangled Trails: A Western Detective Story
11
He had Hurt riding over rough terrain on mettlesome horses.
The Guardian
12
Hardwicke was standing with his gloved hand grasping the mettlesome "Garibaldi's" bridle.
A Fascinating Traitor: An Anglo-Indian Story
13
Her coachman had all he could do to control her mettlesome span of Spanish mares.
The Unwilling Vestal
14
But Aminta can smell powder and grow more mettlesome.
Lord Ormont and His Aminta — Volume 3
15
She is mettlesome and fiery, but full of affection.
Dorothy Vernon of Haddon Hall
16
Then his mettlesome horses claimed his attention for awhile.
The Little Colonel's Chum: Mary Ware
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