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hard shoulder
hard standing
hard stuff
hard-times token
hard up
hard-wearing
hard wheat
hard-won
hard word
hard-working
hard yards
hard zero
Hardanger Fjord
hardback
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hardball
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hard word
hard word (plural hard words)


noun  Ireland 
Definition:
 
1. dismissal: dismissal from employment
2. reprimand: a reprimand or unfair criticism

put the hard word on somebody Australia  New Zealand to put pressure on somebody to do something (informal)
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