Battle-axed

[Bill Le May]

"battle-axed" as an adjective struck me as odd in an article on Muhammad Ali
today:

"...eventually the doctor had to summon his oldest, most battle-axed nurse."
I suppose it's intended to mean battle-hardened.  The article was from the
The Record of Hackensack, NJ.

Bill Le May

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