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hard-bitten

[hahrd-bit-n]

hard-bit·ten

[hahrd-bit-n]
adjective
1.
tough; stubborn.
2.
conditioned by battle or struggle: a hard-bitten army.
3.
grim or severe in judgment or attitude: a hard-bitten old teacher.
4.
hard-boiled (defs. 2, 3).

Origin:
1775–85
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Hard-bitten is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
a screen or mat covered with a dark material for shielding a camera lens from excess light or glare.
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hard-bitten
 
adj
tough and realistic

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