hard-shell
Also hard-shelled . having a firm, hard shell, as a crab in its normal state; not having recently molted.
rigid or uncompromising.
Origin of hard-shell
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How to use hard-shell in a sentence
There are reasons, in other words, for hard-shell conservatives to give him the gimlet eye.
Rand Paul Woos the Base With Hot Monica Lewinsky Talk | Michael Tomasky | February 12, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTOne main culprit was the hard-shell helmet that had essentially become a spearing weapon.
Super Bowl XLVIII Is Set to Be the Most Violent One Yet | Evin Demirel | January 30, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTWhat the hard-shell righties want to know is not about the boring issue of consular security.
The Nonexistent Case Against Susan Rice Crumbles | Michael Tomasky | November 16, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTFrom a policy perspective, this is the next battleground, the pressure point of resistance for the hard-shell ideologues.
The Resistance Begins: Rick Scott Announces Florida Won't Take Medicaid Money | Michael Tomasky | July 2, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTHe has a hard shell, but he is a good fellow, and as innocent of his brother's death as I am.
Paul Patoff | F. Marion Crawford
Confucianism added layer after layer of hard shell about the inert organism of social life.
The Outline of History: Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind | Herbert George WellsThe two creatures had become so well acquainted that the old Hard Shell fully trusted the lively little fellow.
Japanese Fairy World | William Elliot GriffisThe Almonds commonly sold by nurserymen in the east are hard-shell varieties, and the nuts are not good enough for commerce.
The Practical Garden-Book | C. E. HunnBut perhaps he never stopped to think that one might almost as well bite a rock as his hard shell.
The Tale of Timothy Turtle | Arthur Scott Bailey
British Dictionary definitions for hard-shell
zoology having a shell or carapace that is thick, heavy, or hard
US strictly orthodox
another name for the quahog
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