"hard by" meaning in English

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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adv",
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          "ref": "1698, Ned Ward, The London Spy",
          "text": "After we had dispatched our compliments to each other, and I had awkwardly returned in country scrapes his a la mode bows and cringes, he needs must prevail with me to join him at a tavern hard by and dine with some gentlemen of his acquaintance.",
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      "glosses": [
        "nearby; in close proximity."
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        "(dated) nearby; in close proximity."
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  "word": "hard by"
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  "pos": "prep",
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        {
          "text": "He was laid to rest hard by the same church where he was once baptised.",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "1964, Philip K. Dick, The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch",
          "text": "In a bar hard by P. P. Layouts, Richard Hnatt sat sipping a Tequila Sour.",
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      "glosses": [
        "Close to; near; in proximity to; next to."
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          "Close",
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          "near",
          "near"
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        "(dated) Close to; near; in proximity to; next to."
      ],
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        "dated"
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  ],
  "word": "hard by"
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adv",
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        "nearby; in close proximity."
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        "(dated) nearby; in close proximity."
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        "dated",
        "not-comparable"
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  ],
  "word": "hard by"
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  "pos": "prep",
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          "text": "In a bar hard by P. P. Layouts, Richard Hnatt sat sipping a Tequila Sour.",
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        "Close to; near; in proximity to; next to."
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        "(dated) Close to; near; in proximity to; next to."
      ],
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