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hard time noun a long prison sentence, whether in absolute terms or relative to the crime or relative to the prisoner’s ability to survive US, 1927- Manning did hard time and the time was hard on him. — Malcolm Braly, On the Yard, p. 172, 1967
- Besides, if you ain’t dead, you’ll be doing one hell of a lot of hard time. — Mickey Spillane, Last Cop Out, p. 168, 1972
- Another was doing time up state. Long hard time for murder one. — Joseph Nazel, Black Cop, p. 76, 1974
- He would bet they had put in some hard time at Raiford or maybe a federal lockup. They wore pass-the-time tattoos on their arms, the coarse designs of prison artists. — Elmore Leonard, Split Images, p. 197, 1981
- JODIE: He got two years back inside for that. FREDDY: Goddamn, that’s hard time. — Reservoir Dogs, 1992
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