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[ adjective ] very intense and demanding; stressful
Examples "subjecting children to a pressure-cooker situation in the school" Used in print (Kenneth Allsop, The Bootleggers and Their Era...)The influence of Mass was less pervasive than that of the congested , slum tenements among the bawdy_houses , honkytonks , and sawdust_saloons of his birthplace ; he ran wild with the child gangs of the neighbourhood , and went_through the normal pressure-cooker course of thieving , police dodging , and housebreaking . Related terms |
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