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Definition of hard-nosed

hard-nosed

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Other terms relating to 'hard':

Definitions include: Can be said when impatiently waiting for someone to follow you. Double meaning of coming and orgasm.
Definitions include: in an impossible situation.
Definitions include: very good.
Definitions include: To say "I go Hard in the paint" for example means I'm not to be played with, I'm serious with mine.
Definitions include: "cool", "neat", "awesome".
Definitions include: liquor.
Definitions include: a stubborn person.
Definitions include: non-romanticized.
Definitions include: To be an aficionado, usually but not exclusively, at partying.
Definitions include: Hard work
Definitions include: a life during which many bad things happen.
Definitions include: an erect penis.
Definitions include: unattractive.
Definitions include: a difficult thing to accept.
Definitions include: hard drugs.

Other terms relating to 'nose':

Definitions include: to fawn over a superior; "suck up".
Definitions include: a person who adopts an overtly friendly attitude towards those in authority in hopes of gaining a more favorable position in the workplace.
Definitions include: to annoy or irritate someone
Definitions include: to have a look
Definitions include: See nose to the grindstone.
Definitions include: to act superior.
Definitions include: to look around; investigate.
Definitions include: to look around; investigate.
Definitions include: seats in a venue far from the stage.
Definitions include: seats that are high up in a venue, away from the central attraction.
Definitions include: cocaine.
Definitions include: to fail.
Definitions include: cosmetic surgery on the nose.
Definitions include: a metaphorical position which implies hard work.
Definitions include: to pay too much money.

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