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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: difficultness, difficulty, fix [informal], hole [informal], jam [informal], kettle of fish [informal], mess [informal], muddle [informal], pickle [informal], prison term, sentence, time