roughie

¹ British

noun

something unfair, esp a trick

he put a roughie over
(in horse racing) an outsider that wins

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roughie ² British

/ ˈrʌfɪ /

noun

Also called: orange roughy. ruff. tommy rough. a small food fish of the family Arripididae , found in southern and western Australian waters

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"The smoothie thought he could tell the roughie what to do�and he couldn't."

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