adjective
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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a hard-bitten detective
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Jensen's experience in prison left him hard-bitten , cynical, and ruthless.
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Miss Davies is not really the tough, hard-bitten businesswoman that she appears to be.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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He said he adored hard-bitten policemen.
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Not one of them's a hard-bitten tom, the kind you'd find on the streets.
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That was hard-bitten , hard-nosed, hard-drinking newshound Edgar Allan Poe.
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The hard-bitten men round the table knew better than to make that mistake.
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Very few teachers are irredeemable, however hard-bitten they may appear.