Her brother was the most hardheaded man she'd ever known.

Most hardheaded man I've ever met.

He was thorough, practical, and after he had cut his mountain teeth in the Peace River disaster, a hardheaded man at his work.

While Loaf, the soldier, the hardheaded man of trade, the toiler in all trades, he needed to keep a clear-eyed view of the world.

Unfortunately for him, she'd had a good deal of recent experience in dealing with hardheaded men.

"At least as open a mind as any hardheaded man can have."