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hard nail

hard nail noun: a strong person, in character and physique.

Noun

hard nail (plural hard nails)

  1. (figuratively) A strong person, in character and physique.
    • "He's a hard nail, is Jack, and a dead shot, too, but you can't leave a Grand National winner to die like that - what?"1912, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Lost World […], London; New York, N.Y.: Hodder and Stoughton, →OCLC
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see hard, nail: for example, a steel nail that is hardened.

Forms of hard nail

pluralhard nails

Questions about hard nail

What does hard nail mean?
Hard nail means a strong person, in character and physique.
What part of speech is hard nail?
Hard nail is a noun.
What is the plural of hard nail?
The plural of hard nail is hard nails.

Words near hard nail in the dictionary

  1. hard money
  2. hard moneys
  3. hard multum
  4. hard mutation
  5. hard mutations
  6. hard nail
  7. hard nails
  8. hard news
  9. hard nose
  10. hard nosed
  11. hard noses

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