Noun
hard hand (plural hard hands)
(blackjack) A hand of cards that are worth their face value, i.e. without any ace being counted as 11.
This war differs from other wars, in this particular. We are not fighting armies but a hostile people, and must make old and young, rich and poor, feel the hard hand of war. William Tecumseh Sherman
Artistic talent is far more common than the talent toartistic talent. Any parent with a hard hand can crush it, but to nurture it is much more difficult. Stephen King
There's no better sign of a brave mind than a hard hand. William Shakespeare
A stepmother has a hard hand. Danish Proverb