Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Cooked by boiling in the shell to a solid consistency. Used of eggs.
- adjective Callous; unfeeling.
- adjective Unsentimental and practical; tough.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Boiled so long as to be hard: said of eggs.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective same as
hard-bitten . - adjective emotionally hardened; -- used of persons.
- adjective cooked until the yolk is solid; -- used of eggs.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective of a boiled egg
cooked to asolid consistency - adjective
callous andunsentimental - verb Simple past tense and past participle of
hard-boil .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective tough and callous by virtue of experience
- adjective used of persons; emotionally hardened
- adjective (eggs) cooked until the yolk is solid
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Examples
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Lovely alongside hard-boiled quail's eggs (as my mother-in-law serves it!)
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After worship I engaged in a last breakfast consisting of a small loaf of wheat bread, two pieces of goat cheese, a hard-boiled egg, ouzo and a cup of Turkish coffee.
Rev. Malcolm Boyd: My Trek To A Holy Mountain Rev. Malcolm Boyd 2012
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After serving in the military in World War II, Raymond returned to the comic page with this, a sophisticated contrast to the then-popular hard-boiled detective.
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We used to be served (thrown) SOS as a white sauce with chopped hard-boiled eggs, sometimes peas, and chipped beef on toast or biskets.
Oh, Cecina! 2009
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A hard-boiled man who wants payback on the wrong side of the law comes to town and gets it.
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"[S] hould appeal to hard-boiled fans and canine fanciers alike."
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My favorite part of The Sun Also Rises is when Jake thinks about how it is easier to be hard-boiled during the day than at night. booksherpa
The Sun Also Rises on My Preconceptions « Looking for Roots 2009
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• Snack and lunch-box favorites: Peanut butter and jelly on whole-grain bread, cheese cubes, hard-boiled eggs, baby carrots, raisins.
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Raymond Chandler and Dashiell Hammett have taught Huge everything he needs to know about being a hard-boiled detective ... and hes just been hired to solve his first case.
Huge: Summary and book reviews of Huge by James Fuerst. 2009
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We used to be served (thrown) SOS as a white sauce with chopped hard-boiled eggs, sometimes peas, and chipped beef on toast or biskets.
Oh, Cecina! 2009
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