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  • noun Plural form of hardhat.

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Examples

  • Swiss time, a gigantic drilling machine named Sissi broke through a final rock wall deep beneath the Swiss Alps, prompting cheers from hundreds of workers in hardhats and sending waves of euphoria and pride through the tiny Alpine nation.

    Switzerland Tunnel Sets High Bar For Rail Projects 2010

  • And what do you think those idiots was thinking, I mean show up in hardhats and green vest to be working inside.

    Think Progress » ThinkFast: January 27, 2010 2010

  • Swiss time, a gigantic drilling machine named Sissi broke through a final rock wall deep beneath the Swiss Alps, prompting cheers from hundreds of workers in hardhats and sending waves of euphoria and pride through the tiny Alpine nation.

    Switzerland Tunnel Sets High Bar For Rail Projects 2010

  • Swiss time, a gigantic drilling machine named Sissi broke through a final rock wall deep beneath the Swiss Alps, prompting cheers from hundreds of workers in hardhats and sending waves of euphoria and pride through the tiny Alpine nation.

    Switzerland Tunnel Sets High Bar For Rail Projects 2010

  • Swiss time, a gigantic drilling machine named Sissi broke through a final rock wall deep beneath the Swiss Alps, prompting cheers from hundreds of workers in hardhats and sending waves of euphoria and pride through the tiny Alpine nation.

    Switzerland Tunnel Sets High Bar For Rail Projects 2010

  • Bobby and Mac, standing out there in hardhats, a banner stretched over their heads reading "McCain/Jindal: We know the Drill"

    Archive 2008-07-01 2008

  • Bobby and Mac, standing out there in hardhats, a banner stretched over their heads reading "McCain/Jindal: We know the Drill"

    Your Right Hand Thief 2008

  • There should be jackhammers and cranes; there should be flags up around my midsection, and tiny people in hardhats waving the traffic through.

    2007 September « A Bird’s Nest 2007

  • There should be jackhammers and cranes; there should be flags up around my midsection, and tiny people in hardhats waving the traffic through.

    Wonders of technology « A Bird’s Nest 2007

  • These "hardhats," loosely supervised and concentrated at urban worksites in close proximity to pedestrian traffic, were notorious for their sexual harassment of women and their resistance to both gender and racial integration of the construction industry.

    Manhood in the Age of Aquarius: Masculinity in Two Countercultural Communities, 1965–83 2007

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