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hard-noses

hard-noses is the plural of hard-nose.

Meaning of hard-nose

Noun

hard-nose (plural hard-noses)

  1. A hard-nosed person; one who is tough and relentlessly practical and thus not given to sentiment.

Questions about hard-noses

What is hard-noses the plural of?
Hard-noses is the plural of hard-nose.

Words near hard-noses in the dictionary

  1. hard-luck stories
  2. hard-luck story
  3. hard-mouthed
  4. hard-nose
  5. hard-nosed
  6. hard-noses
  7. hard-of-hearing
  8. hard-on
  9. hard-ons
  10. hard-paste
  11. hard-pressed

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