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Hardy   /hˈɑrdi/   Listen
Hardy

noun
1.
United States slapstick comedian who played the pompous and overbearing member of the Laurel and Hardy duo who made many films (1892-1957).  Synonym: Oliver Hardy.
2.
English novelist and poet (1840-1928).  Synonym: Thomas Hardy.
adjective
(compar. hardier; superl. hardiest)
1.
Having rugged physical strength; inured to fatigue or hardships.  Synonyms: stalwart, stout, sturdy.  "Proud of her tall stalwart son" , "Stout seamen" , "Sturdy young athletes"
2.
Able to survive under unfavorable weather conditions.  "Camels are tough and hardy creatures"
3.
Invulnerable to fear or intimidation.  Synonyms: audacious, brave, dauntless, fearless, intrepid, unfearing.  "Fearless reporters and photographers" , "Intrepid pioneers"



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"Hardy" Quotes from Famous Books



... else—and in robbing and defrauding the rich of their just and lawful possessions. All these countries teem with stories of adventurers risen from the ranks to the command of armies, of itinerant merchants wedded to princesses, of hardy sailors promoted to admiralties, of half-educated younger sons of English peers dying in the undisputed possession of ill-gotten millions. With the strong personal despotism of the First Napoleon began a new era of adventurers in France; not of elegant and ...
— Mr. Isaacs • F. Marion Crawford
... 'Four weeks more, Mrs Hardy, and we'll give you a cup of tea such as you never had before,' said second mate Hoffmann, as he paused beside two ladies sitting in a sheltered corner of ...
— Jo's Boys • Louisa May Alcott
... the sport which our old Berkshire rustics delighted in. Back-sword play, wrestling, and other pastimes made them a hardy race, full of courage, and developed qualities which it is hoped their descendants have not altogether lost. The gallant Berkshire Regiment, which fought so bravely at Maiwand, is composed of the sons of those who used to wield the back-sword ...
— Old English Sports • Peter Hampson Ditchfield
... Fort Wiltshire, on the Krieskamma, the most remote point of the British possessions in South Africa. There we dispersed a cloud of them that had been for weeks living upon other people's property. They are tall, wiry fellows, as hardy as a pine tree, and as daring as buccaneers. The chief of the kraals, or huts, wear leopard or panther skins, and profess to have the power of causing rain to fall, besides an endless number of other miraculous attributes. ...
— Willis the Pilot • Paul Adrien
... of the landing of the Pilgrims and the event represented in this picture one hundred and fifty-eight years had elapsed. The hardy pioneers who had ventured across the ocean in considerable numbers had increased to thirteen colonies, the Declaration of Independence had been signed, the War of the Revolution was being fought, a preliminary confederation had been formed among the thirteen States, ...
— Thirteen Chapters of American History - represented by the Edward Moran series of Thirteen - Historical Marine Paintings • Theodore Sutro


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