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hard lines

noun

, Chiefly British Slang.
  1. bad luck; bad breaks (often used as an interjection).


hard lines

sentence substitute

  1. informal.
    bad luck Alsohard cheese
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of hard lines1

First recorded in 1815–25
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Example Sentences

So before you go making real enemies, relax hard lines and perform a self exam for paranoia surrounding imagined ones.

His hard lines and angles project the arrogance of a confidence man, or as Arlyn Imberman puts it, “a steamroller.”

He had rather hard lines around his mouth, but softer ones around his eyes.

His drawn face had lost some of the hard lines and looked almost boyish and his eyes were feverishly alight.

"It will be 'hard lines' upon him if he does," observed Coleman.

She gave the effect of hard lines and angles, and hair and eyes and skin all cut from the same piece, a dingy dust color.

It is the cap that moulds the head, and all troopers have about them the imbecile stiffness of hard lines.

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