1. ramrod - Noun
2. ramrod - Verb
The rod used in ramming home the charge in a muzzle-loading firearm.
Source: Webster's dictionaryI was horribly bookish, to the point of coming right out and saying it, which I knew was not socially acceptable. I particularly loved the adjective bookish, which I found other people used about as often as ramrod or chum or teetotaler. David Levithan
We are grown stiff with the ramrod of convention down our backs. O. Henry