The rock-ribbed coast of Maine. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Adjective : the rock-ribbed coast of Maine. ,a rock-ribbed conservative. From Dictionary.com.
But check Hagel's record: he is a rock-ribbed conservative. From Wordnik.com. [Samantha Power -- Who Called Hillary A "Monster" -- Working On State Department Transition] Reference
Both my parents were rock-ribbed Republicans when they were alive. From Wordnik.com. [Far-Right GOP's Viciousness, Venom Familiar to Some of Us] Reference
Even some rock-ribbed Arizona Republicans are wondering that tonight. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Sep 30, 2008] Reference
I was startled by her vehemence only because she is, as I said, rock-ribbed. From Wordnik.com. [Chris Durang: War Correspondent Responds to the Suddenly Famous O'Hanlon/Pollack] Reference
Bell System employees were famous as rock-ribbed Kiwanis and Rotary members. From Wordnik.com. [The Hacker Crackdown]
All-American, rock-ribbed, the product of a hardscrabble youth from Long Island. From Wordnik.com. [Lionel: Olbermann Versus O'Reilly: It's a Shoot] Reference
No, it was other things, such as his controlled strength and rock-ribbed integrity. From Wordnik.com. [Dearly Beloved]
This is a scenario that will no doubt frighten rock-ribbed Orange County Republicans. From Wordnik.com. [You Can’t Go Home Again] Reference
It appeared that Edith had developed her quiet, rock-ribbed strength in a hard school. From Wordnik.com. [Dearly Beloved]
That's the odd part, because in Iowa, they will go back to rock-ribbed, hard left democrats. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Dec 21, 2007] Reference
Republicans, particularly rock-ribbed Reaganites, have compromised themselves into a corner. From Wordnik.com. [John Terry’s sacking as England captain tells us something interesting...] Reference
Blackana who was still lying at my side as motionless as the strata of the rock-ribbed earth. From Wordnik.com. [Mr. World and Miss Church-Member A twentieth century allegory] Reference
He's not exactly a rock-ribbed conservative, but Senator Orrin Hatch of Utah is in his corner. From Wordnik.com. [Margaret Carlson: Jailed Governor Needs Another Day in Court] Reference
It was a strange and novel sight to see a Democratic member of the Legislature from the rock-ribbed. From Wordnik.com. [The Facts of Reconstruction] Reference
If you truly respect the Republicans, instead of appeasing them, emulate their rock-ribbed conviction. From Wordnik.com. [Russ Wellen: Political Masochism: Punishing Ourselves With Republicans] Reference
For most of the last century, conservatives have been depicted as "rock-ribbed" and liberals as "whiny.". From Wordnik.com. [The Limbaugh Liability] Reference
A brook in volume the stream flows clear and cool from a low rock-ribbed cave in the base of the mountain. From Wordnik.com. [Sergeant York And His People] Reference
As it happens, I was brought up by parents who were Monarchists in Greece and rock-ribbed Republicans in America. From Wordnik.com. [Blue-Eyed Cillian Murphy Is Delightful Hero(ine) in Pluto] Reference
Of course Jake is a rock-ribbed old die-hard, and he probably advised the Traction fellows to get some other broker. From Wordnik.com. [Babbit] Reference
Republicans used to have a reputation of staid "conservatism" like they were your stingy old rock-ribbed grandfather. From Wordnik.com. [Robert Creamer: Wilson Is the Poster "Child" for the New Republican Party] Reference
The terrible silence, the dread austerity of mountains so rock-ribbed and desolate, oppressed her with a sense of awe. From Wordnik.com. [The Furnace of Gold] Reference
The illustration really should be of two rock-ribbed men on two separate cliffs overlooking the deep chasm between them. From Wordnik.com. [Blueblood War] Reference
Then they fell back, for the fire from the heights above them fell thick as the spume of the surf on an Australian rock-ribbed coast. From Wordnik.com. [Campaign Pictures of the War in South Africa (1899-1900) Letters from the Front] Reference
I had always been a little more radical than my father, who came from a rock-ribbed Yankee tradition of hard work and stern attitudes. From Wordnik.com. [The Boundary Line] Reference
It led him to the base of one of these mountains, to a spring which flowed clear and cool, a brook in size, from a low rock-ribbed cave. From Wordnik.com. [Sergeant York And His People] Reference
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