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hard man noun- a professional thug; a person not afraid of violent action US
- [S]treet-corner society has a typology of its own denizens, pointing not only to H”hard men” or “gorillas”[.] — Roger Abrahams, Positively Black, p. 85, 1970
- He said, “So you think of yourself as a bit of a hardman?” “Oh, very much so,” I said. — Dave Courtney, Raving Lunacy, p. 121, 2000
- Movie hard man [Charles] Bronson dies at 81. — The Guardian, 2 September 2003
- an uncompromising politician or businessman UK, 1976
- IDS [Iain Duncan Smith] Hard Man Act Fails To Convince. — Sunday Herald (Scotland), 12 October 2003
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