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The Concise New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English (google books) gives the following sense of bark:

the skin noun 1758 UK

My sense of hard bark on someone would be akin to thick or tough skinned. I think the usage of bark=skin pre-dates the cinematic era as posed in you question, but I too cannot find any reference to hard bark that predate the cinematic era other than those you posted.

The Concise New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English (google books) gives the following sense of bark:

the skin noun 1758 UK

My sense of hard bark on someone would be akin to thick or tough skinned. I think the usage of bark=skin pre-dates the cinematic era as posed in you question, but I too cannot find any reference to hard bark other than those you posted.

The Concise New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English (google books) gives the following sense of bark:

the skin noun 1758 UK

My sense of hard bark on someone would be akin to thick or tough skinned. I think the usage of bark=skin pre-dates the cinematic era as posed in you question, but I too cannot find any reference to hard bark that predate the cinematic era other than those you posted.

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The Concise New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English (google books) gives the following sense of bark:

the skin noun 1758 UK

My sense of hard bark on someone would be akin to thick or tough skinned. I think the usage of bark=skin pre-dates the cinematic era as posed in you question, but I too cannot find any reference to hard bark other than those you posted.