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单词 hard-nailed
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hard-nailed
hard-nailed adj. having hard nails; (figurative) tough, cynical (cf. hard as nails at nail n. Phrases 5).
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a1864 J. Clare Poems of Middle Period (2003) V. 352 The boys lye tending horses every where In hard nailed hilos [= high-low boots] open at the toes.
1910 W. de la Mare Three Mulla-mulgars xvii. 232 Long, hairy, hard-nailed toes.
1993 T. Gitlin Sixties (rev. ed.) vii. 173 What I remember most vividly is Howe, the hard-nailed disbeliever, sneering: ‘Could you love a fascist, Tom?’
2007 E. Baysinger Nine Attempts vi. 94 His legs had been made strong by skateboarding; the left one jerked free of the man's grip while the right one brought a hard-nailed shoe down onto his thumb.
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