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hard-handed

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hard-hand⋅ed

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

Origin:
1580–90

Related forms:
hard-hand⋅ed⋅ness, hard⋅hand⋅ed⋅ness, noun
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hard-hand·ed   (härd'hān'dĭd)
adj.  

  1. Having hands calloused or hardened by work.

  2. Oppressive; tyrannical.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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