hard lines
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hard lines
interjection
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Expressed to someone suffering misfortune.
Similar: bad luck, hard luck, hard cheese, cuhdear, hard lines, pity, shame, too bad, tough luck, what a pity, what a shame, worse luck
noun
- Hardship; misfortune. “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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title = {hard lines},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
