List of synonyms from "hard shell" to synonyms from "hard wear"


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Definition of the day : « hard up »

  • adj in trouble
Example sentences :
  • They was all hard up there, Mr Plornish said, uncommon hard up, to be sure.
  • Extract from : « Little Dorrit » by Charles Dickens
  • But I haven't forgotten how it felt to be hard up, and I sympathise with those who are.
  • Extract from : « One Day's Courtship » by Robert Barr
  • I hate to drive folks, especially when I know they're hard up.
  • Extract from : « Cap'n Dan's Daughter » by Joseph C. Lincoln
  • He laughed and said maybe not, but that she knew he was alive and sent him money when he was hard up.
  • Extract from : « Keziah Coffin » by Joseph C. Lincoln
  • The Parnellites are hard up, and their organ asks America for cash.
  • Extract from : « Ireland as It Is » by Robert John Buckley (AKA R.J.B.)
  • With his powerful hands he revolved it quickly until it was hard up.
  • Extract from : « Sir Henry Morgan, Buccaneer » by Cyrus Townsend Brady
  • Roland shall, meanwhile, learn the discomfort of being 'hard up.'
  • Extract from : « Roland Cashel » by Charles James Lever
  • They were to hard up with the helm and shiver the main and mizzen-topsails.
  • Extract from : « A Set of Six » by Joseph Conrad
  • Either Johns or Bunter, or both, must have been driving her hard up Channel.
  • Extract from : « Tales Of Hearsay » by Joseph Conrad
  • Besides, sometimes you're hard up for something to carry you about.
  • Extract from : « Jack Hinton » by Charles James Lever