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Meaning of hard lines | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

Hardship; misfortune.

dated, slang, uncountable

Examples

““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 […]”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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