be hard on clothes
1hard — [härd] adj. [ME < OE heard, akin to Ger hart < IE base * kar , hard > Gr karyon, nut, kratos, strength] 1. not easily dented, pierced, cut, or crushed; resistant to pressure; firm and unyielding to the touch; rigid; solid and compact 2.… …
2Hard Tack Come Again No More — Hard Tack, Come Again No More is an American Civil War era parody of the song Hard Times, Come Again No More. First called Hard Crackers, Come Again No More! , it is a sarcastic complaint about the quality of some of the provisions provided by… …
3Clothes for a Summer Hotel — is a 1980 play by Tennessee Williams about the relationship between novelist F. Scott Fitzgerald and his wife Zelda. A critical and commercial failure, it was Williams last play to debut on Broadway during his lifetime. The play takes place over… …
4Hard Times — For other uses, see Hard Times (disambiguation). Hard Times   …
5Hard Times Come Again No More — Infobox Standard title=Hard Times Come Again No More comment=Foster s Melodies No. 28 image size= caption=Cover, sheet music, 1854 writer=Stephen C. Foster composer= lyricist= published= 1854 written= language=English form= original artist=… …
6Hard soap — Soap Soap, n. [OE. sope, AS. s[=a]pe; akin to D. zeep, G. seife, OHG. seifa, Icel. s[=a]pa, Sw. s?pa, Dan. s?be, and perhaps to AS. s[=i]pan to drip, MHG. s[=i]fen, and L. sebum tallow. Cf. {Saponaceous}.] A substance which dissolves in water,… …
7Hard Times (1975 film) — Infobox Film name = Hard Times (also released as The Streetfighter ) caption = Original theatrical poster director = Walter Hill producer = Lawrence Gordon writer = Walter Hill (screenplay) Bryan Gindoff (story screenplay) Bruce Henstell (story… …
8Hard Cases — Infobox The Wire episode caption = episode name = Hard Cases episode no = 17 epigraph = If I hear the music, I m gonna dance. Greggs teleplay = Joy Lusco story = David Simon and Joy Lusco writer = director = Elodie Keene guest star = see below… …
9Hard Love — Infobox Book name = Hard Love title orig = translator = image caption = Original paperback cover of Hard Love . author = Ellen Wittlinger cover artist = country = United States language = English series = genre = Young adult novel publisher = pub …
10hard up — adjective not having enough money to buy the things you need, especially for a short period of time: We were too hard up to afford new clothes …
