hardfist

North, Slang

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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a rough person who is prone to violence.

Quotations

1901

That, and the hearts of the hardfists. . . .

1917

Where through endless silent spaces reckless bands of hardfists plod / By this map and by the compass to the gold they make their god.

1955

Among the "hardfists" of the wilderness he had been . . . a good companion.