Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun vulgar slang A person who strictly enforces rules and regulations.
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- noun Alternative spelling of
hard-ass .
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Examples
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On Thursday night I learned that the Russian word for "hardass" is "yctynkи".
Archive 2009-07-12 Toby O'B 2009
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Here, the aging gangster Sydney, long since retired from both his "hardass" days and his big-stakes gambling days, takes under his wing both the down-on-his-luck John and the sad-eyed prostitute/waitress Clementine Gwyneth Paltrow.
Archive 2008-01-01 Ed Howard 2008
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Here, the aging gangster Sydney, long since retired from both his "hardass" days and his big-stakes gambling days, takes under his wing both the down-on-his-luck John and the sad-eyed prostitute/waitress Clementine Gwyneth Paltrow.
1/13: Réponse de femmes; There Will Be Blood; Hard Eight Ed Howard 2008
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… when a manager with a "hardass" reputation is replaced, the team goes on a hot streak simply because they relax.
SBNation.com - All Posts Al, Bleed Cubbie Blue 2009
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#114 saying that by vitue of being a partner one is a "hardass" is like ...
Above the Law 2008
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He says conservatives like the character of Jean-Luc Picard, “a moral hardass,” a “compelling portrait of ethical uprightness.”
Matthew Yglesias » The Trouble With Standing Athwart History 2009
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He says conservatives like the character of Jean-Luc Picard, “a moral hardass,” a “compelling portrait of ethical uprightness.”
Matthew Yglesias » The Trouble With Standing Athwart History 2009
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Colonel McBride, a hardass as one would expect, has been running experiments on what his soldiers have been calling The Anchor and who we affectionately call Clem.
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If you have a hardass principal, it can be awful, but parts of it aren't that bad.
“Seriously, Open Court, what is it with you and woodcocks?” 2009
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If you have a hardass principal, it can be awful, but parts of it aren't that bad.
Archive 2009-04-01 2009
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