hardline

hard-line

[hahrd-lahyn]
adjective
adhering rigidly to a dogma, theory, or plan; uncompromising or unyielding: hard-line union demands.
Also, hard·line.


Origin:
1960–65, Americanism

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hard-line

adjective
firm and uncompromising; "a hard-line policy" 
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Hardline is always a great word to know.
So is ninnyhammer. 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 fool or simpleton; ninny.
hardline

adjective
firm and uncompromising; "a hard-line policy" [syn: hard-line
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