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  • hard-red
    [cf. RED] adj. having a light-brown complexion, especially with tightly curled hair, often tinged with reddish-gold (somewhat derogatory): 1973 "Conky
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  • hard on
    adj. phr. addicted to: When he gets to the age of 13 or 14, he will be hard on drugs
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  • hard on
    adj. phr. addicted to: When he gets to the age of 13 or 14, he will be hard on drugs
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  • hard-of-hearing
    [OED, partially def, converging with HEAR2 obey; cf. Car. hard-ears obstinate, disobedient DJE, stubborness HCEFD) 'He is obstinate' (K. Aboagye
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  • hard-mouth
    /hand mawt/ [Krio idem (Hancock p.c.); cf. OED hard-mouthed obstinate, and good, bad, hard, etc. mouth, used with reference to
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  • hard-luck lizard
    [cf. DJE lucky lizard, from the belief that seeing one is an omen of financial misfortune] n. green lizard (Anolis
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  • hard-lucked
    /hahd lókid/ [cf. Car. bad-lóki(d) idem DJE, and hard luck] adj. unlucky: He too hard-lucked (Nassau). And they don't tries
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  • hard-head
    n. 1. a fish, Chriodorus atherinoides: 1905 (Shattuck 300). (Eleu., White) 2. a variety of sponge: 1928 (Curry 66). (Gen.) 3. a
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  • hard-head
    adj. 1. [Atlantic; cf. US Black "A powerful bad boy, always in devilment ... damn hard headedness" (Faucet 1927: 270);
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  • hard hair
    [Atlantic; cf. Twi tiri mwi deden (lit. head hair hard) idem (K. Aboagye p.c.); Ibo untutu ei sike (lit. hair
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