Overview of adj hard-boiled
The adj hard-boiled has 3 senses
- hard-bitten, hard-boiled, pugnacious -- (tough and callous by virtue of experience)
- case-hardened, hardened, hard-boiled -- (used of persons; emotionally hardened; "faced a case-hardened judge")
- hard-boiled -- ((eggs) cooked until the yolk is solid)
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