case-hardened

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case-hardened

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Of metal: harder at its surface, due to a case hardening process.
broadly, figuratively Hardened by experience. Even a case-hardened monorailist must blench at the thought of the storm such a proposition would create.

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@misc{case_hardened_2026,
  title = {case-hardened},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/case-hardened},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}