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Noun: hard time
  1. A difficulty that can be overcome with effort
    "we had a hard time getting here";
    - rough sledding
     
  2. A term served in a maximum security prison

Derived forms: hard times

Type of: difficulty, prison term, sentence, time

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hard roll
hard rubber
hard rush
hard sauce
hard sell
hard shoulder
hard solder
hard steel
hard surface
hard tick
hard time
hard times
hard to please
hard up
hard water
hard wheat
hard worker
hard-and-fast
hardback
hardbacked
hardbake