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Hard lines

intj, noun, slang

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Intj
  1. 1
    Expressed to someone suffering misfortune. dated, slang
Noun
  1. 1
    Hardship; misfortune. dated, slang, uncountable

    "“There ain’t no drain of nothing short handy, is there?” said the Chicken, generally. “This here sluicing night is hard lines to a man as lives on his condition.” Captain Cuttle proffered a glass of rum […]"

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