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
Her skirt was of some rather hard material, evidently for hard wear, and the upper part of her costume was a white lawn shirtwaist under a short jacket which matched her skirt.
From The Son of his Father by Cullum, Ridgwell
Where the surface comes to hard wear, weld on gold with long, sharp serrated pluggers, and finish the same as with gold fillings.
From Tin Foil and Its Combinations for Filling Teeth by Ambler, Henry Lovejoy
Reds and greens, pinks and blues, and snowy white; some fresh from the makers’ hands, some showing the hard wear of former winters; yet all made after the Oak Knowe pattern.
From Dorothy at Oak Knowe by Raymond, Evelyn
Their texture is looser than that of the usual Oriental rug, and for this reason they cannot stand hard wear; but they are exceedingly handsome with their gold lustre and silky sheen.
From Rugs: Oriental and Occidental, Antique & Modern A Handbook for Ready Reference by Holt, Rosa Belle
