hard wear
Example Sentences
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For the most part, their clothes were plainly made and showed signs of hard wear.
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
It will do very well for mounting in such jewels as scarf pins, lavallières, etc., where but little hard wear is met with, but it cannot be recommended for hard ring use.
From A Text-Book of Precious Stones for Jewelers and the Gem-Loving Public by Wade, Frank Bertram
The wall that guards one’s citadel of inner privacy needs, in a small town, to be built of strong stuff; it is subjected to hard wear.
From A Northern Countryside by Richards, Rosalind
The best ball for hard wear, 9/6; post 4d.
From Association Football And How To Play It by Cameron, John
The effect was infinitely more dapper, becoming to the figure, and serviceable for hard wear.
From South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 3 (of 6) From the Battle of Colenso, 15th Dec. 1899, to Lord Roberts's Advance into the Free State, 12th Feb. 1900 by Creswicke, Louis
