hard-on
[ hahrd-on, -awn ]
noun,plural hard-ons.Slang: Vulgar.
an erection of the penis.
Origin of hard-on
1First recorded in 1890–95
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How to use hard-on in a sentence
Just the hard-on before you shoot unarmed members of the public.
'Babylon' Review: The Dumb Lives of Trigger-Happy Cops | Melissa Leon | January 9, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTJohn looked at her with one of his supplicating, "Please-don't-be-hard-on-me" glances.
The Duchess of Wrexe | Hugh Walpole
Other Idioms and Phrases with hard-on
hard-on
Also, hard upon, hard by. In close proximity, as in The police were hard on the heels of the thieves, or It was hard upon three o'clock, or Their house is hard by ours. The variants are used less than hard on. [Second half of 1700s]
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