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HARD LINES

Definition: HARD LINES

HARD LINES

1. Hard lot. --C. Kingsley. [See Def. 18.]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Specialty Definition: HARD LINES

Domain	Definition
Literature	Hard Lines Hard terms; "rather rough treatment;" exacting. Lines mean lot or allotment (measured out by a line measure), as, "The lines have fallen to me in pleasant places; yea, I have a goodly heritage," i.e. my allotment is excellent. Hard lines = an unfavourable allotment (or task). "That was hard lines upon me, after I had given up everything." - G. Eliot. Source: Brewer's Dictionary.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Synonyms within Context: HARD LINES

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Adversity	Noun: adversity, evil; failure; bad luck, ill luck, evil luck, adverse luck, hard fortune, hard hap, hard luck, hard lot; frowns of fortune; evil dispensation, evil star, evil genius; vicissitudes of life, ups and downs of life, broken fortunes; hard case, hard lines, hard life; sea of troubles; peck of troubles; hell upon earth; slough of despond.
Severity	Hard lines, hard measure; tender mercies; sharp practice; pipe-clay, officialism.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Crosswords: HARD LINES

Specialty definitions using "HARD LINES": Lines. (references)

Modern Translation: HARD LINES

Language		Translations for "HARD LINES"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
German		Pech (bad luck, hard luck, ill luck, just my luck, misfortune, pitch, that's too bad, tough luck). (various references)

Hungarian		pech (bad luck, hard cheese, hard luck, ill luck, mischance, suck), nehéz sors (burden). (various references)

Pig Latin		ardhay ineslay

Romanian		soartã potrivnicã, ghinion (bad luck, ill luck, misadventure, mischance, misfortune, phlizz). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Misspellings: HARD LINES

Misspellings
	"HARD LINES" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: hardlines. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Anagrams: HARD LINES

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-d-e-h-i-l-n-r-s"
	-1 letter: handlers, hardline, inhalers, islander.
	-2 letters: airshed, aldrins, aliners, darnels, dashier, denials, derails, dialers, hailers, halides, handier, handler, handles, handsel, hardens, hardies, heralds, hernial, hernias, hinders, hirsled, inhaled, inhaler, inhales, landers, nailers, nerdish, randies, redials, renails, sandier, sardine, shadier, shalier, shrined, slander, snailed, snarled.
	-3 letters: aiders, aisled, alders, aldrin, aliens, alined, aliner, alines, ariels.
	Words containing the letters "a-d-e-h-i-l-n-r-s"
	+1 letter: blandisher, disenthral, headliners, philanders.
	+2 letters: blandishers, chandeliers, chandleries, disenthrall, disenthrals, highlanders, hinterlands.
	+3 letters: disenthralls, dishonorable, hydralazines, malnourished, philanderers, stickhandler, stringhalted.
	+4 letters: childbearings, dechlorinates, disenthralled, foolhardiness, harlequinades, hyaluronidase, landownership, nearsightedly, stickhandlers.
	+5 letters: candlelighters, cephaloridines, disenthralling, hyaluronidases, hydroxylamines, landownerships.
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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Translations: Modern
4. Derivations

5. Anagrams
6. Bibliography

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