roughish
Americanadjective
adjective
Etymology
Origin of roughish
Example Sentences
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One of his interviewees described the smell as "roughish but not as bad as you might think", but there were places "where they tell me the foul air will cause instant death".
From BBC ● Dec. 30, 2021
"Yes, sir, and I've been about among 'em, me and Jones, and there's a sight of people here, sir, as are no tenants of yours, and roughish characters some of 'em."
From Diana Tempest, Volume III (of 3) by Cholmondeley, Mary
I fancy he's had a roughish time at Mintaro," Bill surmised, "but he must have saved money.
From The Sweep Winner by Gould, Nat
It is a perennial plant, producing annually several long twining roughish striated stems, which twist from left to right, are often 15 to 20 ft. long and climb freely over hedges and bushes.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 6 "Home, Daniel" to "Hortensius, Quintus" by Various
"We'd a roughish time of it last night," said he.
From Christmas Stories by Berens, Edward
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