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Definition of Roughie
1. a dry bough [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Roughie
Literary usage of Roughie
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An Autumn Tour in Western Persia by Ella R. Durand (1902)
"said what was not true, and with good- humoured resignation told how roughie had
come into their hands. Apparently the little dog stayed behind us at a ..."
2. Routledge's Every Boy's Annual by Edmund Routledge (1864)
"The story of roughie, the dog, is neither so entertaining nor successful. ...
And, on page 104, " One day roughie must needs accompany me into the study, ..."
3. A Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language ...: Supplement by John Jamieson (1825)
"roughie, s. 1. A torch used in fishing under night, Eskdale ; elsewhere called
Ruffle. " I'm weel convinced Gabriel dropped the roughie* in the water on ..."
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