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hard-assed, a. slang (orig. U.S.).
Brit. |ˈhɑːdɑːst|, U.S. |ˈhɑrdˌæst|
[‹ hard adj. + ass n.2 + -ed suffix2. Compare hard-ass n.]
Tough, uncompromising; characteristic of a hard-ass. Cf. hard-ass n.
1962‘R. Crane’ Born of Battle 85 You hard-assed son of a bitch,..I'm just as tough and ten times as friggin' mean as you are. 1989C. S. Murray Crosstown Traffic ii. 52 Canadian customs are notoriously hard-assed about drugs; they shook the band down very thoroughly at the border. 1997Y. M. Murray Locas 150, I was dressed just like a gangster in my hard-assed jeans and red bandanna, and I walked right into that Big Room like I belong. 2004I. Calder Untold Story vi. 78, I swallowed hard and chose to be a hard-assed boss.
Derivatives. hard-assedness n.
1983National Rev. (U.S.) 24 June 766/3 People..admire extreme *hard-assedness in someone else. 2004National Post (Canada) (Nexis) 10 Mar. (Sports section) b12 Sloan's relentless discipline and old-school hard-assedness has them in the Western Conference's playoff race. |