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hardbitten

hardbitten is the alternative spelling of hard-bitten.

Meaning of hard-bitten

Adjective

hard-bitten (comparative more hard-bitten, superlative most hard-bitten)

  1. Callous and toughened by experience.
    • It was written of Henry George Ward, M.P. for Sheffield from 1837 to 1849, that "he was also much occupied with railway enterprise in the days of early speculation." This suggests a hard-bitten man of commerce, but Ward had served in the Diplomatic Service and he was Minister Plenipotentiary to...1960 March, N. Caplan, “The Railway Member of Parliament”, in Railway Magazine, page 209

Questions about hardbitten

What is hardbitten the alternative spelling of?
Hardbitten is the alternative spelling of hard-bitten.

Words near hardbitten in the dictionary

  1. hardbass
  2. hardbeam
  3. hardbeams
  4. hardbill
  5. hardbills
  6. hardbitten
  7. hardboard
  8. hardboarded
  9. hardboarding
  10. hardboards
  11. hardbodied

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