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  • adjective having callouses; -- of skin.

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  • adjective Having become or being made callous.

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  • adjective having calluses; having skin made tough and thick through wear

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Examples

  • They are a company of celibates, grinding harshly against one another and growing daily more calloused from the grinding.

    Chapter 14 2010

  • They are a company of celibates, grinding harshly against one another and growing daily more calloused from the grinding.

    Chapter 14 1904

  • And now its kind of calloused and I learned that my pleasure is only at about 25\% of what it can be.

    Yahoo! Answers: Latest Questions 2009

  • Sure thing, go right ahead and make it a three strikes felony, that's what they deserve ... but, realistically, I'm not sure it would have much of a deterrent effect to a calloused lawbreaker.

    How Do You Stop A Serial Poacher? 2009

  • Sure thing, go right ahead and make it a three strikes felony, that's what they deserve ... but, realistically, I'm not sure it would have much of a deterrent effect to a calloused lawbreaker.

    How Do You Stop A Serial Poacher? 2009

  • Just one of those stories that reminds us of how calloused and insensitive the Republican base can actually be.

    Franken's first goal: Dogs for vets 2009

  • The GOP are calloused, cold hearted/blooded, and cruel.

    King: Uninsured 23-year-old battles leukemia, medical bills 2009

  • My feet harbor the calloused soles of one has walked across beds of fire and the wrinkled flesh of one who had, for so long, too long, believed he could walk on water.

    Went Sideways Calib Donigan 2011

  • You remember the yellow pull-out drawers Dad labeled sheet metal, rope, soldering stuff, hinges; your Saturday drives to Entz White: one of his calloused hands at the top of the wheel, the other holding his coffee mug against the truck seat.

    Lunch Hour Traci Moore 2011

  • She grunted, muffling a curse that was gliding its way up her throat, and pulled her head away from the tree's calloused touch.

    The Fugitive Waits Jack Ales-Oruam 2011

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