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
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 toughish girl, whose name I find out is Jacqui, insists on driving.
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
"In a sense," Brightman continued, "that is a toughish job, isn't it, because whoever has them now can make as many copies as he chooses, and one set would be certain to get through."
From The Box with Broken Seals by Oppenheim, E. Phillips (Edward Phillips)
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