strong silent type

noun

strong silent type

noun

1

A physically strong man of action who is quiet and emotionally reserved.

“What was he like, realy?” “Oh...the strong silent type, I suppose.”1961, Xavier Herbert, Soldiers' Women, Netley, SA: Fontana Books, published 1978, page 339:

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