toughish
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of toughish
Example Sentences
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“Where’re you going, Roycroft?” the toughish girl with the perpetual smirk says.
From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman
The toughish girl, whose name I find out is Jacqui, insists on driving.
From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman
I say toughish, because I doubt she’s as tough as she wants everyone to think.
From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman
You must fly it, And you land among the bramble, For it's roughish, toughish going in the morning.
From Songs of Action by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
"Rest easy in yer mind, cook," I zed; "Roger is toughish, an' he'll see thet the honour o' the old county is well show'd out and kep' up."
From A Cotswold Village by J. Arthur Gibbs
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