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hard handed

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hard-hand⋅ed

[hahrd-han-did]
–adjective
1. oppressive or tyrannical; stern or cruel.
2. having hands hardened by toil.
Also, hardhanded.


Origin:
1580–90


hard-hand⋅ed⋅ness, hard⋅hand⋅ed⋅ness, noun
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