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mettle
activity, brio, disposition, guts, individualism, makeup, perkiness, propensity, stamina, toughness, zest
Definition
n.
the courage to carry on
Last update: November 29, 2016
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His
mettle
is extra ordinary.
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Of all the young men in the village, Caldor was the only one with enough
mettle
to face the dragon in its lair.
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The first two days of the strike tested the
mettle
of both sides.
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Sae ye'll be sent up for fanever he can find
mettle
to face ye.'
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'In straitened fortunes quit thyself as a man of spirit and of
mettle
.'
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Spirit of my fathers, didst thou leave none of thy
mettle
and thy honour behind thee; or has all England become craven.
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Better trot your nag back and save his
mettle
to-day, that he may save your life to-morrow.
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It was serious--but all was not yet lost; and in this fateful hour Olympius and Memnon proved their
mettle
.
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"Spare not to rub down, my men," said he, "for we have tried the
mettle
of our horses, and have now but one half-hour's breathing-time."
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