obstreporous

• Take the case of Poland, Czecho-Slovakia's obstreporous northern neighbour. —  Europe—Whither Bound? Being Letters of Travel from the Capitals of Europe in the Year 1921
• "Why, this animal seems inclined to show me -- even if I did not know it of long habit," answered Mr. Harper, bestowing a little less of his attention on his wife, and more on the obstreporous pony, who, in regard to a certain turn of the road, had grown peculiarly wrong-headed. —  Agatha's Husband A Novel

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