0 If someone is hard-bitten, their character has been made stronger as a result of difficult experiences in the past:
Presenters of programmes are usually a fairly hard-bitten group who have heard all the political arguments.
I did not find them hard-bitten or dogmatic about the position and the relationship between our countries.
In many communities there is a minority of hard-bitten young criminals on whom existing penalties have no effect.
It does not distinguish in any way between the casual offender and the hard-bitten drug dealer.
The relieving officers were tough, hard-bitten men, by no manner of means soft or sentimental.
That was written by a hard-bitten journalist of mature years who has seen almost everything.
The trade union representatives, although entirely friendly, were extremely hard-bitten; they knew their case, and they could invariably present it with great skill.
He mixes, or tends to mix, with at least a proportion of the hard-bitten criminals.
