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hard sledding

hard sledding noun: difficulties, generally; a rough time.

Noun

hard sledding (uncountable)

  1. Difficulties, generally; a rough time.
    • When things got so Wolfe had to cut down expenses […], Saul Panzer and I got our weekly envelopes sliced, but [Fred] Durkin's was stopped altogether. Wolfe called him in when he was needed and paid him by the day, so I still saw him off and on and knew he was having hard sledding.[…]
      "Hello, Fred...1934, Rex Stout, Fer-de-Lance, Bantam, published 1992, →ISBN, page 4

Questions about hard sledding

What does hard sledding mean?
Hard sledding means difficulties, generally; a rough time.
What part of speech is hard sledding?
Hard sledding is a noun.

Words near hard sledding in the dictionary

  1. hard signs
  2. hard skill
  3. hard skilled
  4. hard skilling
  5. hard skills
  6. hard sledding
  7. hard soap
  8. hard soaps
  9. hard space
  10. hard spaces
  11. hard start

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