honeybadger

honeybadger (plural honeybadgers)

1. Alternative form of honey badger
   • 1984, Gus Adendorff, Hilary Rennie, Wild Company, page 51,

     The Africans have often mentioned to me that a honeybadger (shidzidzi) when cornered, will stand his ground against any living thing and give a good account of himself into the bargain.

   • 1990, Mike Nicol, The Powers That Be‎, page 58:

     ‘Don′t any of you come sneaking around or you′ll feel the size of my fist and a length of sjambok across your bums, ja,’ he shouted, shaking fist and whip; then charged down the boards with the look of an angry honeybadger so that the fisherfolk scattered like gulls.

   • 2006, Donald Bain, Murder, HE Wrote: A Successful Writer′s Life‎, page 150:

     There were two major projects I was expected to throw myself into with the zeal of a cornered honeybadger.