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Husband moving onward secured by industry (4-3)

Ross

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hard-won

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(Other definitions for hard-won that I've seen before include "Not easily achieved, took a lot of effort" , "Gained with difficulty" , "Gained after much work and effort" , "Having been obtained with effort" .)

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