Usually means: Tough, determined, and uncompromising attitude.
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  1. hard-nose: Wordnik
  2. hard-nose: Wiktionary
  3. hard-nose: Infoplease Dictionary
  4. hard-nose: Dictionary.com

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  1. hard-nose, hard-nose: Green’s Dictionary of Slang

Definitions from Wiktionary (hard-nose)

noun:  A hard-nosed person; one who is tough and relentlessly practical and thus not given to sentiment.
adjective:  Alternative form of hard-nosed [Guided by practical experience and observation rather than by theory.]

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