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Meanings of
hard-bitten
in английском
Tough and callous by virtue of experience.
pugnacious
hard-boiled
Related terms
tough
Synonyms
Examples for "
pugnacious
"
pugnacious
hard-boiled
Examples for "
pugnacious
"
1
The famously
pugnacious
,
conservative judge had been a vote against the rule.
2
A large,
pugnacious
-
looking
man on the left put in the first comment.
3
The white-headed sea-eagle is a deadly foe to the
pugnacious
sea-serpent also.
4
Their dispositions are very different, the grey being fiercer and more
pugnacious
.
5
The pair were very
pugnacious
,
attacking any birds coming near their nest.
1
Of course heat will, as we know from
hard
-
boiled
yolks and custards.
2
Cut
hard
-
boiled
eggs in half the long way and remove the yolks.
3
Take yolk of one
hard
-
boiled
egg and rub smooth in a bowl.
4
Remember the grubs of the greenbottle, fed on
hard
-
boiled
white of egg.
5
Break the shells from the
hard
-
boiled
eggs, and cover with this mixture.
Usage of
hard-bitten
in английском
1
Shearson, which American Express acquired in 1981, was a
hard
-
bitten
retail-brokerage business.
2
It was a moment to further age the
hard
-
bitten
souls in attendance.
3
Three of the soldiers came ambling across the road, lean,
hard
-
bitten
men.
4
A month later the gaunt,
hard
-
bitten
outfit tied up at the Landing.
5
Or a
hard
-
bitten
Taliban fighter who finds common cause with a rose?
6
He was a fighter, a dominant,
hard
-
bitten
woodsman, so the tale ran.
7
A more
hard
-
bitten
,
intimidating gang you'd be hard pressed to gather anywhere.
8
Most people, including
hard
-
bitten
promoters, reacted to the idea with revulsion and disgust.
9
Her remarkable performance has had
hard
-
bitten
London critics outdoing each other in superlatives.
10
All but the first disgorged armed,
hard
-
bitten
veterans, ten from each.
11
There is no gainsaying that the Solomons are a
hard
-
bitten
bunch of islands.
12
Carter's mild affect concealed
hard
-
bitten
ambition, flinty resolve and bulletproof self-assurance.
13
But a
hard
-
bitten
law enforcement guy like Gibbons could easily shrug it off.
14
Long Bill Hodge, the
hard
-
bitten
mountaineer, was the first man interrogated.
15
Frank, eyes aquamarine, face boozed-out purple, resembled a
hard
-
bitten
Buzz Aldrin.
16
It was a question designed to get a
hard
-
bitten
answer.
Other examples for "hard-bitten"
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