See trooper in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"A mounted policeman."
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"text": "Because his father and brothers were in the department, he had to be. She knew he was never really comfortable with the job but still he did it like a trooper.",
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"word": "tough cookie"
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"ref": "2011, G. Robert Jones, Discard, →ISBN, page 111:",
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"ref": "2013, C.A. McJack, Fate's Twisted Circle - Volume 2, →ISBN, page 120:",
"text": "But she troopered on, plastering a smile on her face and giving her a warm greeting and inwardly reminded herself that Ms. Madeleine was of no threat to her, as if she had a fear of Jack-in-the-boxes.",
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