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hard cookie is someone who is hard to deal with, a tough person you can't take an advantage of. It is an idiom for informall usage. You wouldn't use this term in formal or business English.
"I'm getting divorced. I called my wife's attorney this morning. She's such a hard cookie."
"Don't think you can get by in your English class if Ms. Goldberg is your teacher. She's a hard cookie."
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