# hardhanded

> English word · Adjective

## Definitions
1. Forceful, excessive, draconian, or abusive.
2. Working-class; having hands hardened from labor.

## Etymology
From hard + handed, from the firmness of a strike with the hand or the hardness of calluses on a laborer's hands.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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