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Definition of Hard-boiled

1. Adjective. Tough and callous by virtue of experience.

2. Adjective. Used of persons; emotionally hardened. "Faced a case-hardened judge"

3. Adjective. (eggs) cooked until the yolk is solid.

Definition of Hard-boiled

1. Adjective. (context: of a boiled egg) cooked to a solid consistency ¹

2. Adjective. callous and unsentimental ¹

3. Verb. (past of hard-boil) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Hard-boiled

harboursides harboursome harch harchitect hard(a) hard-and-fast hard-arse hard-baked hard-bill hard-bills

hard-bitten hard-boil hard-boiled (current term) hard-boiled egg hard-code hard-core hard-favoured hard-fisted hard-fought hard-handed

hard-headed hard-hearted hard-hitting hard-line hard-liner hard-liners hard-mouthed

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