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Meanings of hardboiled in English
Tough personality, usually as a fiction genre.
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Usage of hardboiled in English
1
Set mostly in the 1940s, the story is blue collar and hardboiled.
2
Like most officers in the Solarian Navy, he was a hardboiled agnostic.
3
You won't have to pull any of your hardboiled stuff on her.
4
The hardboiled white of egg retains its original appearance and consistency.
5
Kate Camp discusses The Big Sleep, the 1939 hardboiled detective novel by Raymond Chandler.
6
Four hardboiled eggs and some fried potatoes are ushered in.
7
Moon-faced Robin looks about as intelligent as a hardboiled egg.
8
And about how Uncle Oscar once ate a dozen hardboiled eggs on a dare.
9
The city was hardboiled; the streets were deserted; a camel driver rested in the shade.
10
Gently fold in the hardboiled eggs, herbs and pistachios.
11
Susie busied herself in the kitchen, preparing a tray of vegetables, hummus, and hardboiled eggs.
12
A regimental sergeant-major: I considered myself hardboiled, and acted the part with everybody, including my wife.
13
The hardboiled gray eyes were alight with interest.
14
For the first time, Miss Turner departed from her hardboiled manner, and showed some sign of annoyance.
15
Now, after a detour into fantasy, the author has returned to the hardboiled corners of the genre.
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He sifted in wearin' one of these hardboiled hats, and carryin' a brogue thick enough to skate on.
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