Tough personality, usually as a fiction genre.
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Set mostly in the 1940s, the story is blue collar and hardboiled.
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Like most officers in the Solarian Navy, he was a hardboiled agnostic.
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You won't have to pull any of your hardboiled stuff on her.
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The hardboiled white of egg retains its original appearance and consistency.
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Kate Camp discusses The Big Sleep, the 1939 hardboiled detective novel by Raymond Chandler.
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Four hardboiled eggs and some fried potatoes are ushered in.
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Moon-faced Robin looks about as intelligent as a hardboiled egg.
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And about how Uncle Oscar once ate a dozen hardboiled eggs on a dare.
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The city was hardboiled; the streets were deserted; a camel driver rested in the shade.
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Gently fold in the hardboiled eggs, herbs and pistachios.
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Susie busied herself in the kitchen, preparing a tray of vegetables, hummus, and hardboiled eggs.
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A regimental sergeant-major: I considered myself hardboiled, and acted the part with everybody, including my wife.
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The hardboiled gray eyes were alight with interest.
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For the first time, Miss Turner departed from her hardboiled manner, and showed some sign of annoyance.
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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.