roughie
1/ (ˈrʌfɪ) /
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noun
a small food fish of the family Arripididae, found in southern and western Australian watersAlso called: orange roughy, ruff, tommy rough
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Words nearby roughie
roughen, rougher, rough fish, rough-hew, roughhouse, roughie, roughing-in, roughing mill, roughish, rough it, rough-legged buzzard
British Dictionary definitions for roughie (2 of 2)
roughie2
noun Australian slang
something unfair, esp a trickhe put a roughie over
(in horse racing) an outsider that wins
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