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Definition of
hard-boiled adjective
from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary
hard-boiled
adjective
adjective
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1
(
of an egg
)
boiled until the inside is hard
compare
soft-boiled
2
(
of people
)
not showing much emotion
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hard-boiled
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