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hard-bit⋅ten

  [hahrd-bit-n]
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–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-bit·ten   (härd'bĭt'n)
adj.  Toughened by experience.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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