10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «HARD-ASSED»
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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary: Eleventh Edition
hard-assed. 567. ^hap-haz-ard \(,)hap-'ha-z3rd\ n [lhap + hazard] (1575) :
CHANCE 1 haphazard adj (1671) : marked by lack of plan, order, or direction syn
see RANDOM — haphazard ad\ — hap-haz-ard-ly adv — hap- haz-ard-ness n ...
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Oxford Dictionary of Modern Slang
G. BENFORD You Hiruko guys so hard-ass let's see you corner it (1983). hard-
assed adjective orig and mainly US Having firm buttocks; hence tough,
uncompromising, resolute. 1962–. C. S. MURRAY Canadian customs are
notoriously ...
John Ayto, John Simpson, 2010
Those hard—assed sentries wouldn't tolerate thievery from those they didn't
know. They were especially motivated to nab or shoot Airedales, swabbies or
Seabees. “We need some decent chow,” whined Arnie for the third or fourth time.
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Stories I'd Tell My Children (But Maybe Not Until They're ...
“Hard-assed” is slang for a tough guy. At least once in the history of the world, it
was literally true and not just slang. Once, my younger brother, Marshall, did
something that really pissed off my mother. In fact, she was so pissed off at him
that ...
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Memories of Summer: When Baseball Was an Art, and Writing ...
Or to put this into atermI learnedlater, but never dared usein my father's house,
you had to be hard-assed.As hard-assed as a hungry ballplayer. Afuckin', hard-
assed, hungry ballplayer, as my late friend, Leo Durocher, liked to say. I took to ...
eleven. HARD-ASSED. BUG. FIXIN'. Tuesday, July 31, 2001 Software quality, or
the lack thereof, is something everybody loves to gripe about. Now that I have my
own company, I finally decided to do something about it. Over the last two ...
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Buddhism of the Heart: Reflections on Shin Buddhism and ...
Hard-Assed. and. Sore-Throated. Buddhists. ONCE GAVE an unforgivably
rambling presentation about Pure l Land Buddhism to some very patient Zen
folks in North Car— olina. When I described the experience to a friend, he
imagined a ...
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Plea Bargaining: The Experiences of Prosecutors, Judges, and ...
[36] Q. Have you noticed any differences between new prosecutors and . . . A. I
love to see them. I eat them up. Q. I thought you said they were more hard-assed
? A. Shit, they're hard-assed, so you get them to try a case with you, and you
show ...
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The Sextet Presents... Small, Medium, and Large [A Toy Story]
You already have the reputation as a hard-assed heartless bitch. No one would
be surprised to find that you stole from them.” Her eyes narrowed. “I may be a
hard-assed heartless bitch, but I am not dishonest. For example, I don't have five
...
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The Trouble With Testosterone: And Other Essays On The ...
... angels, transmigrations or transmutations of souls. I don't believe in souls, for
that matter, or in UFOs, with or without Elvis on board. Was it my sense of hard-
assed individualism that was feeling unnerved by this intermingling, or was I
feeling ...
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «HARD-ASSED»
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True Detective: 'What About the Cunt?'
Ani, unlike Ray, could never be accused of lacking grit, and yet despite her being the most hard-assed, integral, and hard-working detective so ... «Jezebel, Jul 15»
Music for Wartime by Rebecca Makkai review – tales of attractive …
Rebecca Makkai writes about truly odd women – not hackneyed good-girls-gone-bad, but women who turn out to be surprisingly hard-assed, ... «The Guardian, Jun 15»
Brian Williams Proves Too Big to Fire
The simplest way to have dealt with the Williams matter would have been to fire him, which any hard-assed boss would have done. No doubt ... «Politico, Jun 15»
Aquarius: “Home Is Where You're Happy”
... a towel rack, especially in his hard-assed '60s mode. He even comes equipped with an ax handle to ward off his partner's racist neighbors. «A.V. Club DC, Jun 15»
Priyanka Chopra
The competition was stiff, I had to shoot it out with several hard-assed American girls. Fortunately the hard muscles developed during Mary Kom remained intact ... «Outlook, Jun 15»
The Affair is weirdly, unnervingly unsexy - but I'm addicted
Everyone's a cardboard cut-out – from Noah's hard-assed novelist father-in-law (John Grisham to Noah's Joshua Ferris lite) to his stick insect of ... «New Statesman, May 15»
Don't Even Think About Fucking with Shilpa Ray
Where does that hard-assed disposition come from? I'm a Bengali woman from Jersey. We're a tough breed. How was it growing up there? «Noisey, May 15»
Ronnie James Dio's 6.66 Most Metal Milestones
... a downtrodden young teen version of Jack Black, who has been banished to his bedroom by his hard-assed, metal-hating father (Meat Loaf!). «VH1, May 15»
Keep off Aso rock now - Prophet warns Buhari
There are three things that the enemies of Nigeria and those still hard-assed against the presidency of Gen Buhari have on ground and have ... «GhanaWeb, Apr 15»
How Can Obama Claim the Alternative to a Nuclear Deal with Iran is …
If Obama really wants an agreement with Iran on limiting its nuclear fuel enrichment program, why is he being so hard-assed about ending the ... «CounterPunch, Apr 15»
