hard hitter
noun
NZ informal a bowler hat
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Nearby words
hard goods, hard ground, hard hat, hard head, hard hit, be, hard hitter, hard knocks, hard labor, hard labour, hard landing, hard lens
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Examples from the Web for hard hitter
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 LyndeThen came Hopkins, the hard-hitter, and swung his bat knowingly.
Weatherby's Inning|Ralph Henry Barbour