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Definition of Balky
1. Adjective. Stopping short and refusing to go on. "A balky customer"
Definition of Balky
1. a. Apt to balk; as, a balky horse.
Definition of Balky
1. Adjective. Refusing to proceed or cooperate. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Balky
1. stubborn [adj BALKIER, BALKIEST] : BALKILY [adv] - See also: stubborn
Lexicographical Neighbors of Balky
Literary usage of Balky
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Exterior of the Horse by Armand Goubaux, Gustave Barrier, Simon J. J. Harger (1892)
"Thus, the balky horse is one which disobeys the command of his driver or ...
balky Horses.—The balky horse, as already said, refuses to obey his rider or ..."
2. Methods in Education by Thomas Jefferson McEvoy (1908)
"Will: James on balky will. "The teacher often is confronted in the schoolroom
with an abnormal type of will, which we may call the balky will. ..."
3. The Revised Reports: Being a Republication of Such Cases in the English by Frederick Pollock, Robert Campbell, Oliver Augustus Saunders, Arthur Beresford Cane, Joseph Gerald Pease, William Bowstead, Great Britain Courts (1905)
"... and the words not in themselves H balky, actionable. (ALDERSON, B.: Would it
have been a libel on Moliere, to write of him that his object was, ..."
4. The Cambrian (1897)
"ELECTRICITY AND balky HORSES. One of the recent extensions of the use of electricity
is in conquering a balky or lazy horse. ..."
5. Prohibition a Failure: Or, The True Solution of the Temperance Question by Dio Lewis (1875)
"Upon reaching it, I elbowed my way through, and found it was a case of balky mule.
The mules were very small, and the load of brick was large, ..."
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