hard-boiled
hard-boiled • adj. 1. (of an egg) boiled until the white and the yolk are solid.2. (of a person) tough and cynical. ∎ denoting a tough, realistic style of detective fiction set in a world permeated by corruption and deceit: a hard-boiled thriller.DERIVATIVES: hard-boil v. (in sense 1).
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