case-hardened
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For $10, the store will drill case-hardened screws to the bottom of shoes.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 22, 2016
Like Lauren Bacall and Veronica Lake, both of whom she resembled, Scott proved a perfect fit for the genre, easily able to play the case-hardened siren who snared and sometimes betrayed the anti-hero male star.
From US News ● Feb. 7, 2015
Even the most case-hardened judge can be confronted with a set of facts that still have the capability to shock.
From BBC ● Aug. 1, 2014
The company's astonishing success is the result of a combination of safety-minded care and case-hardened lawyering.
From Time Magazine Archive
The old stager is case-hardened in his crimes; they are second nature to him, and, in spite of coaching, still he maunders on in the same old style, with the same set faults.
From Boating by W. B. Woodgate
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