Lexicographical Neighbors of Hardnose
Literary usage of Hardnose
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Day One and Beyond: Practical Matters for New Middle-Level Teachersby Rick Wormeli by Rick Wormeli (2003)
"I couldn't have ever pulled off not smiling or acting like a hardnose. It's just
not me. But there were things that I was very hardnosed about—teasing, ..."
2. The New American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge. by George Ripley (1858)
"Several kinds of biscuit are produced by his processes, as the porcelain-biscuit,
which possesses such hardnose, that it Is need for mortars for ..."
3. Hcfa: Three Largest Medicare Overpayment Settlements Were Improper by Robert H. Hast, Robert H. Hastings (2000)
"Mr. Grinstead advised that HCFA did not feel it was "useful to pursue a 'hardnose'
negotiation" and was under instructions from Secretary Sullivan to "work ..."
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