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hard-heartedlyhard-heartedness
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Hard-labored
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Hard-mouthed
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hard-shell clam
hard-shell crab
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hard-skinned puffball
Hard-tack
hard-times token
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Hard-visaged
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)
adj
1: facing or experiencing financial trouble or difficulty; "distressed companies need loans and technical advice"; "financially hard-pressed Mexican hotels are lowering their prices"; "we were hard put to meet the mortgage payment"; "found themselves in a bad way financially" [syn: distressed, hard-pressed, hard put, in a bad way]
Merriam Webster's
adjective Date: 1825 hard put;also being under financial strain
Collin's Cobuild Dictionary
also hard pressed 1. If someone is hard-pressed, they are under a great deal of strain and worry, usually because they have not got enough money. (JOURNALISM) The region's hard-pressed consumers are spending less on luxuries. ADJ 2. If you will be hard-pressed to do something, you will have great difficulty doing it. This year the airline will be hard-pressed to make a profit. ADJ: v-link ADJ to-inf
