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Definition of Hardy

Hardy

  1. Bold; brave; stout; daring; resolu?e; intrepid.
  2. Confident; full of assurance; in a bad sense, morally hardened; shameless.
  3. Strong; firm; compact.
  4. Inured to fatigue or hardships; strong; capable of endurance; as, a hardy veteran; a hardy mariner.
  5. Able to withstand the cold of winter.
  6. A blacksmith's fuller or chisel, having a square shank for insertion into a square hole in an anvil, called the hardy hole.

Hardy Quotations

I was raised with 'Laurel and Hardy' and 'I Love Lucy' and Jerry Lewis, and I just loved it. And I had a friend in high school and we would just laugh all day and put on skits. You know, it's the Andy Kaufman thing or the Marty Short thing where you're performing in your bedroom for yourself.
Steve Martin

Stars wide of belt often cultivated a gentlemanly grandeur, a groomed refinement that filtered through their fingertips - the dainty fidgets of Hardy's plump digits, Orson Welles performing magic tricks with nimble dexterity, Jackie Gleason lofting a teacup to his lips as if he were Lady Bracknell - or through a fine set of twinkle-toes.
James Wolcott

It was absolutely thrilling to meet Laurel and Hardy, they were so nice.
Norman Wisdom

There was a French singer, Francoise Hardy - I used to look at her pictures and try to dress like her.
Carly Simon

I like to be other people, not me. And when you're on the red carpet, it's like, 'Here's Tom Hardy.' I don't want to be me. That's why I play other people.
Tom Hardy
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Hardy Translations

hardy in Italian is sempreverde, ardito, accanito
hardy in Spanish is persistente, audaz

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