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roughie
1noun
- something unfair, esp a trick
he put a roughie over
- (in horse racing) an outsider that wins
roughie
2/ ˈrʌfɪ /
noun
- a small food fish of the family Arripididae , found in southern and western Australian waters Also calledorange roughyrufftommy rough
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Example Sentences
Mr. Trevor glanced, still a little doubtfully, at Roughie in my arms.
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I can see Roughie'—for Rough, had considered it more manly to stay in the shop—'and Mr.—your papa, Celestina.
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As ill-luck would have it, she found the 'something' in the shape of my poor darling Roughie!
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He ran—of course the noise got worse; he ran faster, and it grew louder—faster still—oh, my poor Roughie!
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But for my having him in my arms, he would have made an end of Roughie, and certainly I would never have told this story.
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