- hardship, difficulty. Soldiers’ term for hard duty on the lines in front of the enemy. LINES was formerly synonymous with _Lot_, _see_ Ps. xvi. 6.—_Bible version_—“The LINES are fallen unto me in pleasant places;” _Prayer-Book do._—“The LOT is fallen unto me in a fair ground.”
More About hard lines
Position in the dictionary: 1602 of 4022 slang words.Next words in the dictionary: hard mouthed un, hard tack, hard-up, hardy, harebrained, harry, harry-soph, harum-scarum, hash, hatchet
Previous words in the dictionary: haramzadeh, happy-go-lucky, hansel, hannah, hangman’s wages, hanging, hang up, hang out, handseller, handling