hard-nosed

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See also: hardnosed and hard nosed

English

Etymology

hard + nosed; originally referred to hard-tipped bullets.

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hard-nosed

  1. Guided by practical experience and observation rather than by theory.
  2. (idiomatic) Hardheaded, stubborn.
  3. (of a person) Tough and relentlessly practical and thus not given to sentiment.

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