hard hitter

noun

NZ informal a bowler hat

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Historical Examples

Then came Hopkins, the hard-hitter, and swung his bat knowingly.
Weatherby's Inning
Ralph Henry Barbour
You see, he was such a picture of a man's man in every sense of the word; a fighter and a hard-hitter, right from the jump.
The Wreckers
Francis Lynde

hard hitter

Examples from the Web for hard hitter

Historical Examples

Then came Hopkins, the hard-hitter, and swung his bat knowingly.

You see, he was such a picture of a man's man in every sense of the word; a fighter and a hard-hitter, right from the jump.