1. [adj]  (used of eggs) cooked until the yolk is solid
2. [adj]  used of persons; emotionally hardened; "faced a case-hardened judge"
3. [adj]  tough and callous by virtue of experience

Hard-Boiled
An eight-decade survey of the best stories of the genre, including tales by heavyweights Dashiell Hammett, Raymond Chandler, Mickey Spillane, James Ellroy, and Ed Gorman.

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