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Meanings of severe taskmaster in English

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Usage of severe taskmaster in English
1
Hunger is a severe taskmaster; it makes many an idle man work.
Peter Biddulph: The Story of an Australian Settler
2
On the other hand, experience is a severe taskmaster, and it taught me to be somewhat insubordinate in my notions.
Sketches From My Life / By The Late Admiral Hobart Pasha
3
But, as I have indicated, Andrew was not a severe taskmaster, and that, perhaps, was one reason of our affection for him.
The Pilots of Pomona: A Story of the Orkney Islands
4
"Ambition is not a less severe taskmaster to those who fail," said he.
Z. Marcas
5
'He is no severe taskmaster demanding bricks out of stubble; He knows poor labouring people are often tired, and out of heart.
Uncle Max
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