hard-boiled
adj 3
Definitions
adj
1
Cooked to a solid consistency. (of a boiled egg)
2
Callous and unsentimental. (of a person, especially a detective)
He told me afterward that he tried to find his folks and square himself—and maybe it was the truth—but some of the hard-boiled townspeople found him, instead, and he had a running fight all the way to the depot.
'Some big, hard-boiled egg meets up with a pretty face, and bingo! He cracks up and melts.'
3
Written in a laconic, dispassionate, often ironic style for a realistic, unsentimental effect.
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