A HARD CASE

  

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A HARD CASE

Definition: A HARD CASE

A HARD CASE

1. An abandoned or incorrigible person. [Colloq.]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

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Crosswords: A HARD CASE

English words defined with "A HARD CASE": Obtected. (references)
Specialty definitions using "A HARD CASE": clay digger, clay spadeHot FixIBM PC ATKIDOldham-Wheat lamppyramid cutWeenix. (references)

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Modern Usage: A HARD CASE

DomainUsage

Screenplays

Oh I'm a hard case he says, well listen up Sonny Jim.. (Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me; writing credit: Mike Myers)

Is that your answer, old man? Well, I guess you're a hard case too. (Cool Hand Luke; writing credit: Donn Pearce)

Lyrics

I'm a hard case that's tough to beat ("Paradise City"; performing artist: Guns N' Roses)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: A HARD CASE

Language Translations for "a hard case"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Pig Latin

  

aay ardhay asecay.(various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: A HARD CASE

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-a-a-c-d-e-h-r-s"

-1 letter: charades, hardcase.

-2 letters: arcades, archaea, chadars, charade, crashed, echards.

-3 letters: arcade, arched, arches, arecas, cadres, caesar, cashed, cedars, chadar, charas, chards, chared, chares, chased, chaser, dachas, dasher, echard, eschar, sacred, scared, search, shader, shared, sradha.

-4 letters: aahed, ached, aches, acred, acres, ahead, arced, areas, areca, ashed, cades, cadre, cards, cared, cares, carse, cased, cedar, chads, chard, chare, chars, chase, crash, daces, dacha, dares, dears, deash, escar, haars, hades, hards, hared, hares, heads, heard, hears, herds, raced, races, rased, reach, reads, rheas, sacra, sadhe, scare, serac, shade, shard, share, shear, sherd, shred.

-5 letters: aahs, aced, aces, ache, acre, arch, arcs, area, ares, arse, asea, cade, cads, card, care, cars, casa, case, cash, chad, char, dace, dahs, dare, dash, dear, each, ears, edhs, eras, haar, hade, haed, haes, hard, hare, head, hear, herd, hers, race, rads, rase, rash, read, recs, reds, resh, rhea, sade, sard, scad, scar, sear, sera, shad, shea, shed.

 Words containing the letters "a-a-a-c-d-e-h-r-s"
 

+5 letters: chateaubriands, disaccharidase.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: A HARD CASE


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

41      48 41 52 44      43 41 53 45

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

        

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000001 00100000 01001000 01000001 01010010 01000100 00100000 01000011 01000001 01010011 01000101

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#65 &#32 &#72 &#65 &#82 &#68 &#32 &#67 &#65 &#83 &#69

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0041      0048 0041 0052 0044      0043 0041 0053 0045

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

35242355238237355339

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Usage: Modern
4. Translations: Modern
5. Anagrams
6. Orthography
7. Bibliography


  

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