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hard-boiled

[ hahrd-boild ]

adjective

  1. Cooking. (of an egg) boiled boil in the shell long enough for the yolk and white to solidify.
  2. Informal. tough; unsentimental:

    a hard-boiled vice-squad detective.

  3. marked by a direct, clear-headed approach; realistic:

    a hard-boiled appraisal of the foreign situation.

  4. (of detective fiction) written in a laconic, dispassionate, often ironic style for a realistic, unsentimental effect.


hard-boiled

adjective

  1. (of an egg) boiled until the yolk and white are solid
  2. informal.
    1. tough, realistic
    2. cynical
“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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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of hard-boiled1

1715–25; 1895–80 hard-boiled fordef 2; hard + boiled
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It can transform soggy, limp leftovers into crisp, crunchy delights, cook excellent wings, salmon, steaks and chicken breasts, and even make "hard-boiled" eggs.

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If you prefer fully set, hard-boiled yolks, go for the longer cook time.

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It spares no personal and political questions and provocations, daring readers to challenge their prejudices around the role and nature of jails, and the stereotype of hard-boiled, dangerous prisoners.

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I will say that Doll is not quite as accomplished as those two sleuths — he may have a touch of a hard-boiled Clouseau in him — but he does get the bad guy in the end.

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I imagine that when you imagine a TV critic, you picture some hard-boiled, crusty, even heartless type.

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