hard stuff
Americannoun
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strongly addictive drugs.
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liquor with a high alcoholic content; hard liquor.
Etymology
Origin of hard stuff
First recorded in 1950–55
Example Sentences
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In the beginning Klenam found it fun because she was still little and didn’t have to do hard stuff.
From Literature
“But apologizing to Pelicarnassus is hard stuff.”
From Literature
No, Moore goes for the hard stuff: wailing saxophones, arrhythmic bass lines, drums that follow beats so out of time they might as well come from the deepest reaches of space.
From Los Angeles Times
Most of all, they needed to understand why we do all this hard stuff, and how to get through it — so I put together “My Mother’s Money: A Guide to Financial Caregiving.”
From MarketWatch
Any time you ever get better, you only grow through the hard stuff.
From Los Angeles Times
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