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hardcasenounAlternative form of hard case. [(slang, mildly derogatory) A tough person.]
hard mannounAlternative form of hardman. [(slang) A man who is particularly tough or muscular]
tougher nut to cracknounAlternative form of tough nut to crack. [Synonym of hard nut to crack.]
toughest nut to cracknounAlternative form of tough nut to crack. [Synonym of hard nut to crack.]
die-hardnounAlternative spelling of diehard. [A person with such an attitude.]
hardnosenounAlternative form of hard-nose. [A hard-nosed person; one who is tough and relentlessly practical and thus not given to sentiment.]
hardassnounAlternative spelling of hard-ass. [(vulgar, slang) A tough and combative person.]
hard nosenounAlternative form of hard-nose. [A hard-nosed person; one who is tough and relentlessly practical and thus not given to sentiment.]
bully-boynounAlternative form of bully boy. [A tough, aggressive man, especially one who is young.]
bullyboynounAlternative form of bully boy. [A tough, aggressive man, especially one who is young.]
difficult nut to cracknounSynonym of hard nut to crack.
straightienounAlternative form of straighty. [(informal) One who is straight (legally or morally abiding).]
hardiheadnoun(countable) Alternative form of hardyhead (“the fish”). [(Australia) Any of the sundry species of fish of the family Atherinidae found near Australia;]
hard-handednessnounAlternative form of hardhandedness. [Harshness, strictness.]
thuginounAlternative spelling of thuggee. [(historical, countable) A thug (a member of band of assassins in India).]
rightienounAlternative form of righty. [(US, informal) A right-handed person.]
troepienounAlternative form of troopie. [(South Africa, military, slang) A trooper; a private.]
throublenoun(dialect) Alternative form of trouble. [A distressing or dangerous situation.]
chappienounAlternative spelling of chappy. [(British, informal) A chap; a fellow.]
bad-assnounAlternative form of badass. [(US, sometimes considered vulgar, slang, negative connotation) A belligerent or mean person; a person with an unpleasantly extreme appearance, attitudes, or behavior.]

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