hard lines

See also: hardlines

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hard lines

  1. (slang, dated) Expressed to someone suffering misfortune.

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hard lines (uncountable)

  1. (slang, dated) Hardship; misfortune.
    • 1846 October 1 – 1848 April 1, Charles Dickens, Dombey and Son, London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published 1848, →OCLC:
      “There ain’t no drain of nothing short handy, is there?” said the Chicken, generally. “This here sluicing night is hard lines to a man as lives on his condition.”
      Captain Cuttle proffered a glass of rum […]
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