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ramrod (RAM-rod) - n., a rod for ramming home the charge in a muzzle-loading firearm; a ranch or trail foreman, responsible for getting the work done; a demanding overseer, a disciplinarian. v., to force with or as with a ramrod.
That last includes the colorful idiom of ramrodding a bill through the legislature, which produces an interesting image when you apply the original context. The original ramrods were, indeed, rods, thus the name.
---L.
That last includes the colorful idiom of ramrodding a bill through the legislature, which produces an interesting image when you apply the original context. The original ramrods were, indeed, rods, thus the name.
---L.
