Hards [verb]

And this was the question upon which the men of Looe, and especially the Die-hards, hung breathless for the next few days.

For many of the Die-hards stopped the Doctor to question him, and stood gloomy as he passed on.

Below him by the edge of the stream he sees the encampment of the Gorbals Die-Hards.

You shrink from the hards of life which I steer happily through.

This world has more hards than softs for the average mortal and I never flattered myself on bein' above the average.

It reminded one of the old "Die-hards" at Waterloo, filling up their squares torn and ravaged by the pelting grape-shot.

At 1.30 began the withdrawal of the "die hards" from the points they were holding with such a terrible peril hanging over them.

It was on this field that the 57th gained their present nickname (the die-hards).

It was on this field that the 57th gained the name they are now known by, the die-hards.

Sitting on the hen-house roof and munching a raw turnip was a figure which she recognised as the smallest of the Die-Hards.