hard core
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hard core

noun

Definition of HARD CORE

1
: a central or fundamental and usually enduring group or part: as
a : a relatively small enduring core of society marked by apparent resistance to change or inability to escape a persistent wretched condition (as poverty or chronic unemployment)
b : a militant or fiercely loyal faction
2
usually hard·core \-ˌkōr, -ˌkr\ chiefly British : hard material in pieces (as broken bricks or stone) used as a bottom (as in making roads and in foundations)

Examples of HARD CORE

  1. He knows that he can count on the support of a hard core of party loyalists.

First Known Use of HARD CORE

1936

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