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hard-boiled
[ hahrd-boild ]
adjective
- Informal. tough; unsentimental:
a hard-boiled vice-squad detective.
- marked by a direct, clear-headed approach; realistic:
a hard-boiled appraisal of the foreign situation.
- (of detective fiction) written in a laconic, dispassionate, often ironic style for a realistic, unsentimental effect.
hard-boiled
adjective
- (of an egg) boiled until the yolk and white are solid
- informal.
- tough, realistic
- cynical
Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of hard-boiled1
Example Sentences
It can transform soggy, limp leftovers into crisp, crunchy delights, cook excellent wings, salmon, steaks and chicken breasts, and even make "hard-boiled" eggs.
If you prefer fully set, hard-boiled yolks, go for the longer cook time.
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.
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.
I imagine that when you imagine a TV critic, you picture some hard-boiled, crusty, even heartless type.
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