roughie

/ (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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Example sentences from the Web for roughie

Mr. Trevor glanced, still a little doubtfully, at Roughie in my arms.
The House That Grew|Mrs. Molesworth
I can see Roughie'—for Rough, had considered it more manly to stay in the shop—'and Mr.—your papa, Celestina.
The Rectory Children|Mrs Molesworth
As ill-luck would have it, she found the 'something' in the shape of my poor darling Roughie!
The House That Grew|Mrs. Molesworth
He ran—of course the noise got worse; he ran faster, and it grew louder—faster still—oh, my poor Roughie!
The House That Grew|Mrs. Molesworth

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.
The House That Grew|Mrs. Molesworth

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