battle-ax
Example Sentences
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She looked beautiful, serene almost, not a look I normally associate with my battle-ax of a parent.
From Salon ● May 5, 2019
Either way, you’ll burn some calories and stay warm swinging a foam battle-ax at your best friend/mortal enemy goblin.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 26, 2018
Curated by Mr. Salas and Tim Johnson, the museum’s program director at the time, the exhibition, with its rock videos and battle-ax guitars, was a marked departure from previous shows.
From New York Times ● Jul. 31, 2017
Brenda can't stand how her husband, Norman, who's in the urinal business and anxious about money, won't stand up to the old battle-ax.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 5, 2015
She sighed as she put the battle-ax back, then flipped out a pair of nunchaku.
From "City of the Plague God" by Sarwat Chadda
