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toughish

American  
[tuhf-ish] / ˈtʌf ɪʃ /

adjective

  1. somewhat tough.


Etymology

Origin of toughish

First recorded in 1770–80; tough + -ish 1

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The toughish girl, whose name I find out is Jacqui, insists on driving.

From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman

“Where’re you going, Roycroft?” the toughish girl with the perpetual smirk says.

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

The tufts are from six inches to over a foot broad, very much branched, fibrous-fleshy, toughish.

From The Mushroom, Edible and Otherwise Its Habitat and its Time of Growth by Hard, Miron Elisha

"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 Gibbs, J. Arthur

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