case-hardened
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For $10, the store will drill case-hardened screws to the bottom of shoes.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 22, 2016
Like Lauren Bacall and Veronica Lake, both of whom she resembled, Scott proved a perfect fit for the genre, easily able to play the case-hardened siren who snared and sometimes betrayed the anti-hero male star.
From US News • Feb. 7, 2015
Even the most case-hardened judge can be confronted with a set of facts that still have the capability to shock.
From BBC • Aug. 1, 2014
Or, in their higher echelons, a case-hardened if amiable professionalism.
From Time Magazine Archive
Setting Work after hardening it.—Work that has been hardened or case-hardened usually swells during the hardening process, and therefore requires refitting afterwards.
From Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II by Rose, Joshua
