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n. (hard hat English)
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Hard Hats is the second studio album by Phil Beer, released in 1994, some 15–16 years after his previous solo album, Mandoline, though between those years he had worked on other albums with Paul Downes amongst other artists.
Being released around the same time as Beat about the Bush by Show of Hands, this album has a rocky edge to it, and was released on CD and cassette. Allmusic rated the album (mistakenably titled as Hard Cats) 2/5 stars but did not give a review.
Usage examples of "hard hats".
Figures in overalls and hard hats moved forward and there was a rhythmic slamming as the big deck beam was fastened home, spanning the whole width of the ship where her main deck would be.
Jennifer settled down in the gloom near Black Elk's knees and stretched her hands toward one of the metal hard hats Joseph had filled with coals.
There were still a number of folk idling beyond the armoury gates, staring hopefully through the railings, but our way led into the armoury proper, where Messervy had commandeered an office, guarded by two beefy civilians in hard hats.
Rachael caught glimpses of men in shiny hard hats and fire-resistant coats.
Eventually though, Cal stumbles and falls, tripping over some debris in the street, and by the time he has regained his feet and caught up with the trailer, the barrage from the spectators -- led by the gleeful hard hats -- has become a lethal rain, and Royce and Dora Jane Pickford have thrown themselves down on the bed of the vehicle to cover the bodies of people younger than they.
It was the old story-administrative rigidity in Washington, good-humored horse sense among the men with hard hats, dirty hands, and muddy shoes.
Not really meant for protection, the hard hats were more a way of defiantly thumbing one's nose at fate.
Men in hard hats cut, straightened, and shaped large metal plates, and electricians strung miles of wire like endless strands of black knitting yarn.
Travis handed out safety glasses and hard hats from the boat, and we all put them on.
The authorities ain't inclined to believe you, not in the face of explanations from an imposing lady of quality and her Junker escort, backed by four worthy cabbage-eaters in hard hats.