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cracked hardy

cracked hardy is the simple past and past participle of crack hardy.

Meaning of crack hardy

Verb

crack hardy (third-person singular simple present cracks hardy, present participle cracking hardy, simple past and past participle cracked hardy)

  1. (Australia, New Zealand, idiomatic, slang) To keep a brave face, to suppress one's feelings, to grin and bear it.
    • He smiled gratefully to her for 'cracking hardy', pretending she was not tired when her back ached and her head swayed giddily on the long days, driving, and gazing through dust and blinding sunshine, over the ever-widening ever-distancing plains.1929, Katharine Susannah Prichard, Coonardo, page 139

Questions about cracked hardy

What is cracked hardy the simple past and past participle of?
Cracked hardy is the simple past and past participle of crack hardy.

Words near cracked hardy in the dictionary

  1. cracked a rat
  2. cracked a smile
  3. cracked along
  4. cracked as an egg
  5. cracked down
  6. cracked hardy
  7. cracked off
  8. cracked on
  9. cracked one off
  10. cracked onto
  11. cracked open

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